CONSIGLIO PROVINCIALE DI SANITA". Circular "GOVERNO DELLE ROMANGNE. Health precaution was properly and conveniently arranged. Bologna, July 9, 1860 Your most devoted servant, G. Aleksandrini". The usual practice was to puncture the envelope with small holes, often in a grid pattern, or to snip off one or more corners, in order to let the fumigation gases in.
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