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Under such favorable conditions—the immediate transfer of lymph from a pock in which the specific evolution is going on vigorously—the slightest penetration of the epidermis with the nails is enough to secure self-inoculation.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various