The idea of infection began to be taken far more seriously than it ever had before. Hospitals transformed themselves in response to the new plague - sometimes for the better, but often for the worse, as when, in fear, they cast their ulcerated patients out into the streets.
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“If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.”
“Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.”