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September 5, 2013 11:42 am PDT
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What would have killed your 19th-centurydoppelgnger?
Slate is doing a series of articles on life expectancy in the United States, both how it's changed and why. It kicks off with a piece that gives a broad overview of the medical and public health factors involved in our increased longevity — from clean water and the germ theory of disease, to generally increased wealth and nutrition, to vaccination.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/MLi-JRZJNRA/story01.htm
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