In message <[log in to unmask]>, Peter Hoare <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>Any more examples of Hygienic Libraries for Deana Heath?
>
When I was a little girl, in the early 40s in Prague, one of the library
books I brought home contained a bed bug. My mother stopped me from
using public libraries. Bed bugs were considered carriers of dangerous
illnesses - typhoid, tb etc.
Presumably other readers did the same, so strong was the fear of
illnesses.
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Sylva Simsova
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