Blankets

[David Casseres]

Tom STanton sez
>I thought I'd stay out too, but what the hell--vis the infected blanket,
>unless I'm way off, at the time no one had discovered how diseases
>were communicated in a population. If the Army was trying a primitive
>form of germ warfare they would've been flying blind. Or is my time-
>line way off?

I'm pretty sure the idea of contagion via physical contact -- including 
contact with infected clothes, etc. -- was already fairly well accepted, 
even though germs were unknown.  I know the concept of "contagious 
particles" was around long before Pasteur.


Cheers,
David