Contagion ( page 117 ).
Questions.
1. To what is contagion now limited by the best medical usage? 2. To what is the term infection applied?
Examples.
During the plague in London persons walked in the middle of the streets for fear of the —— from the houses.
The mob thinks by —— for the most part, catching an opinion like a cold.
No pestilence is so much to be dreaded as the —— of bad example.