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Of course, some of his recommendations were misguided.
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But one measure he gave great attention to was also the siting
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of infectious disease hospitals and cemeteries.
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A cholera hospital, or a cemetery,
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should be located on a hilltop,
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far from the city center and downwind of it.
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That would prevent the cholera germ from percolating down
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easily into the soil beneath the city,
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and would ensure that any poisonous miasma that arose
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would be dispersed from the population.
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We can see that he helped the way--condition--
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-the way Naples, for example,