The Oyster Scare
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subject, and cases and instances have been reported, which more or less strongly supported Sir Charles Cameron's views. Inquiries have been instituted with a view to discovering what measure of danger to public health proceeded from this source, and legislation proposed with the object of removing risks of serious infection. Very recently the matter has been forced into unpleasant prominence by events which occurred simultaneously in the towns of Winchester, Southampton and Portsmouth. Mayorial banquets were held in these towns on the occasion of the Annual Civil Elections and oysters formed part of these feasts. These molluscs were obtain-
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دوره 38 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016