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  • Painting depicting the effects of tetanus
    Hettie's World,  History,  Medicine

    Tetanus: A Once Common Disease for Farmers and Gardeners

    Melina Druga / May 20, 2020

    Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is now prevented by vaccine, but in the early 20th century it was still a surge that affected farmers and gardeners.  Popular belief is that rust causes tetanus. …

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Author Melina Druga

Melina Druga
Melina Druga

Melina Druga is a multi-genre author with a lifelong love of history, books and the English language.  She pens historical fiction and nonfiction.  Druga writes about the past because although school history classes may have been boring, the past was not.  Her era of expertise, and obsession, is 1890-1920 with a particular focus on the Great War and how it affected the lives of ordinary people.  Druga’s other interests and hobbies include listening to music, yoga, photography, astronomy, travel and healthy eating.

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