On her pillow that night she decided that if she were a man, driven by a desire to heal the suffering of the world, she would be the man who took the long exhaustive course of training that enabled him to deal with accidents, contagions, and germ developments.
"A Daughter of the Land"
Gene Stratton-Porter
I believe this thing is going to be an epidemic at the Branch, and when contagions rage I am sure to catch any disease that is going.
"Phemie Frost's Experiences"
Ann S. Stephens
As sympathy yet takes chances with contagions it took them then with shells.
"Kincaid's Battery"
George W. Cable