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Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and The Forgotten History by Suzanne Humphries, MD barnyard sometimes a crocodile and sometimesNot too long ago, lethal infections were feared in the Western world. Since that time, many countries have undergone a transformation from disease cesspools to much safer, healthier habitats. Starting in the mid 1800s, there was a steady drop in deaths from all infectious diseases, decreasing to relatively minor levels by the early 1900s. The history of that transformation involves famine, poverty, filth, lost cures, eugenicist doctrine, individual