The Only Use of
smallpox
in
Atlas Shrugged
- There had been a time when a railroad man, reporting for duty with any sign of intoxication, would have been regarded as a doctor arriving for work with sores of smallpox on his face.†
Chpt 2.7
Definition:
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(smallpox) a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars