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		e40 on March 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human... Are ticks a new phenomenon? What about in the 1800s? Did explorers get them? How did they deal with them?

flurdy on March 18, 2024 [–]

I would suspect in earlier times they were not aware of why they got sick or had a fever. I think people are just not aware of how frequently ill the population was in general several hundred years ago, especially in cities, though not tick related.

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