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Figure 45.—Camp Lazear. A. The small cabins in the distance are the "Infected Mosquito Building" and the "Infected Clothing Building." The tents housed the detachment. B. Building in which the fomites theory was disproved.
For subjects upon whom the experiment was to be carried out, the original reliance was placed upon securing the services of some of the numerous new Spanish immigrants to Cuba who, in the language of the agreement which each one signed, understood "perfectly well that in case of development of yellow fever in him, that he endangers his life to a certain extent but it being entirely impossible for him to avoid the infection during his stay in this island,
