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The Great Book Scare: When Readers Worried They Might Get Infected

WORDS Posted: August 29, 2019 1:25 pm

This scare, now mostly forgotten, was a frantic panic during the late 19th and early 20th centuries that contaminated books—particularly ones lent out from libraries—could spread deadly diseases. – Smithsonian

WORDS Published: 08.23.19

Read the story in Smithsonian Published: 08.23.19

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