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John Daggett was a prominent lawyer and citizen of Attleborough, and something of his career has been given in the preceding history of that town. He was born in Attleborough, son of Thomas Daggett, of Martha's Vineyard. He graduated from Brown University in the class of 1826, and soon afterwards began the study of law in the office of Joseph L. Tillinghast, in Providence. He spent the second year of study with J. J. Fiske, of Wrentham, and finished with a course of law lectures by Theron Metcalf, of Dedham. At that place he was ad- mitted to the bar in 1830, and at once began practice in his native place. He held several political offices of importance; was representa- tive four years, beginning with 1836; was elected to the State Senate in 1850, and was a member of the House in 1860. He was a successful attorney when he was in active practice, but gave much of his time to historical research and wrote upon historical subjects.
Washington Hathaway was an early lawyer in Freetown, son of Joseph Hathaway, and born September 4, 1777. He was a graduate of Brown University, and began law practice about 1802; he died Feb- ruary 10, 1818. Other early attorneys of Freetown were Hercules Cushman, settled there in 1813; George B. N. Holmes, a native of Rochester, Mass., settled in the town about 1810. Rufus Bacon, El- nathan Hathaway, Ezra Wilkinson, who removed to Seekonk and thence to Dedham; William H. Eddy, and Joseph Hathaway.
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CHAPTER XXXV.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN BRISTOL COUNTY.
In the early years of the history of Bristol county medical science was in its infancy in comparison with its condition at the present day. While disease in all of its varied forms was as prevalent as now, in- deed, much more so in many localities, the sorely-tried physician, how- ever studious and conscientious, labored under disadvantages and re. strictions that would seem appalling in these later times. Not only were the possibilities of gaining a broad knowledge of anatomy, physi- ology, and medicine exceedingly limited, but the list of potent remedies was brief and the many great discoveries of medical science and the general knowledge of sanitation and hygiene of later years were un- known. Roots and herbs constituted the foundation of the remedial agencies of the early doctor, and the Indian "medicine man " was frequently called upon for relief in sickness. Methods of medical prac- tice have naturally passed through marvellous changes under the illu- mination of broader scientific knowledge.
The " good doctor " of long ago found his professional duties far more onerous, from a wholly physical point of view, than are those of his brother of the nineteenth century. During a period extending over many early years there was frequently only one physician dwelling in a very wide area of country, over which he must ride on horseback, if he had a horse, or travel on foot, regardless of the difficulties of wilder- ness paths, or primitive roads, or inclement weather. But he was not the only sufferer from these conditions; the wearied watcher at the bedside of the failing loved one often listened in vain until it was too late for the doctor's footstep and the cheering sound of his voice. Life or death frequently depended almost wholly upon the distance and the character of the road between the sick one and the physician. For- tunately for humanity, all this is changed. Medical science, important discoveries bearing upon the proper treatment of disease, more power- ful and certain remedies, broader knowledge of sanitary necessities, all strode forward with the general march of civilization.
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Plymouth had a physician almost from the beginning. His name was Samuel Fuller, and he was also deacon in the Plymouth Church and in every way a good man. His professional skill was such that he was called to Salem in 1829-30. Of this visit a historian' has written as follows:
The last emigrants are greatly afflicted with disease. Not having sufficient med- ical aid, they write to Plymouth for a supply. Accordingly, Samuel Fuller, one of Mr. Robinson's deacons while in Leyden, comes up among them like a good Samari- tan. Through him an intercouse more cordial than previously takes place between Plymouth and Naumkeag.
In 1633 Plymouth was visited with an "infectious fever," and more than twenty persons died, one of whom was the good Deacon Fuller.'
In the well known Leonard papers is found evidence that Thomas Leonard, the pioneer, was in some way instrumental in attempts to heal the sick. We quote as follows:
Physick sent by Doctor Oaks disposed as follows; To Edward Hoar, one dose. To Joseph Williams, six doses. 'To Isaac Cross, on Benjamin Dean's account, one dose. To Samuel Phillips, three doses. To Abel Burt, two doses. To Abigail Hall and her child, each one dose, etc.
This list of "doses" is continued almost indefinitely, with the amounts paid by each, ranging from sixpence to two shillings. Dr. Ezra Deane was the first physician in Taunton. He was son of Walter Deane and born October 14, 1680. He was a man of strong character and broad professional knowledge for his time. His daughter Theodora was the mother of Dr. Job Godfrey,' who was a successful practitioner for half a century. Dr. Godfrey's second son was also a physician.
Other physicians known to have been in Taunton prior to 1800 were Drs. Micah Pratt, who died December 31, 1758; another Micah Pratt, who died October 5, 1765, probably father and son; Samuel Caswell, died August 13, 1755; Ephraim Otis, who practiced in Scituate and Taunton, and died 1816; Joseph Wetherell, died about 1748; Philip Padelford, died August 27, 1815. Other early physicians of Taunton
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" The inscription on Dr. Godfrey's monument reads: " A man of great worth, whose physical, intellectual and moral powers were remarkably adapted to his sphere of action. Fifty years of unexampled labor and success were testimonials of his excellence in the healing art, while his zeal to promote the general good was a proof of his benevolence. His heart was alive in all of the relations of life. Honor, punctuality and justice marked his steps. The voice of pain and disease from the obscurest penury reached his ear and commanded his skill. He was justly en- titled to the distinguished appellation of the disinterested physician -- a father of the poor. He died August 26, 1818, aged seventy years."
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were Dr. Amos Allen, died in 1836; Dr. Foster Swift, who practiced in the early part of the present century; Dr. George Leonard, son of Sam- uel Leonard, was long a successful practitioner and died in February, 1865; Dr. Ebenezer Dawes, practiced half a century from 1813; Dr. Alfred Baylies, and others.
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While these physicians were ministering to the needs of the people in Taunton and its vicinity, others came slowly into other parts of Bris- tol county. Dr. Samuel Burg was the first to settle in the old town of Dartmouth of whom there is any record. IIe died September 18, 1748, aged forty years. Dr. Daniel Hathaway was an early physician in that town and died in 1772. Dr. Elisha Tobey practiced in Dartmouth and died May 10, 1781, in his fifty-eighth year; he lived in Acushnet vil- lage. Dr. Samuel Perry, a man of considerable professional repute, died April 15, 1805, in his seventy-fourth year; he also lived near Acushnet village. His son of the same name was a well known phy- sician, and another son, Dr. Ebenezer Perry, both practiced in New Bedford. Dr. Samuel West, of New Bedford, was born June 12, 1774, and died June 15, 1838. Dr. William Cushin Whittridge, a native of Tiverton, a college graduate, became an eminent physician of New Bedford, where he settled in 1822, after practicing for a period in Tiverton. Dr. Alexander Read was a leader in the profession of Bris- tol county; he was born in New Milford July 10, 1786, and died in New Bedford November 20, 1849; he was a graduate from Dartmouth College. Dr. Elijah Colby was a native of Concord, N. H., born June 16, 1798, and died in New Bedford August 30, 1856, in which place he settled in 1830. Dr. Julius Stewart Mayhew, born February 17, 1787, died in New Bedford September 20, 1859; he was a graduate of Har- vard. Dr. Paul Spooner was born in Fairhaven June 12, 1786, and died July 18, 1862; he opened an office in New Bedford in 1807 and was in practice upwards of fifty years. Other physicians of New Bed- ford in early years were Dr. Aaron Cornish, died April 7, 1864; Dr. Lyman Bartlett, born in Conway, Mass., in 1808, settled in New Bed- ford about 1834, and gained a large practice; died June 6, 1865. Dr. Andrew Mackie, a native of Wareham, born January 24, 1794, grad- uated at Brown University; practiced in Plymouth and New Bedford; died May 2, 1871. Dr. Henry Johnson, died in New Bedford in 1880; and Drs. John II. Jennings, Charles Lamson Swasey, William A. Gordon, John H. Mackie, William Howland Taylor, and others.
One of the early prominent citizens of Fall River was Dr. Phineas
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W. Leland, a native of Grafton, Mass., where he was born in 1798 Though a well educated physician, having studied with Dr. George C. Shattuck, of Boston, and received his degree of M. D. at Bowdoin Col- lege in 1826, he substantially abandoned practice about 1834, at which time he settled in Fall River. In the year just named he was ap- pointed collector of customs for this district and held the position for about twenty years. Dr. Leland was a man of affairs, a public spirited citizen, and took an active part in education. In the fall of 1842 he was elected to the State Senate, which was the only purely political office he ever held. His literary tastes were highly cultivated and he was prominent in the Fall River Atheneum and in the founding of the Public Library. He edited the Fall River Patriot, founded in 1836. He died January 22, 1870.
No physician in Bristol county is more worthy of memtion here than Dr. Foster Hooper, who stood in the front rank of the profession in Fall River nearly fifty years, and was also prominently identified with the growth of the village and city in all its various departments. Dr. Hooper was born in Walpole, N. H., April 2, 1805, and graduated from the Burlington (Vt.) College early in his life. He settled in Fall River in 1826, and soon acquired an extensive practice, in which he was more than ordinarily successful. While he never failed to give his best energies and unfailing attention to the call of his profession, he found opportunity to greatly aid in promoting the general welfare of the community through active participation in public affairs. He was a member of the School Committee in 1830, representative in 1831, county treasurer in 1837-39, and State senator in 1840-42. Dr. Hooper was also chairman of the Board of Firewards in 1845-47 and chief en- gineer in 1848-50. At the time of his death, October 18, 1870, he was collector of internal revenue for this district.
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Dr. Jason. H. Archer was born in Wrentham, where he spent his youth and prepared for college. He entered Brown University in 1812, and graduated in 1816. He at once began the study of medicine with the celebrated .Dr. William Ingalls, of Boston, and after completing his studies, settled soon in Fall River, where he became a successful prac- titioner and a leading citizen. He took an active part in public and political affairs, and was elected the first president of the Massasoit Bank. He returned to his native place in 1852 and died there in Jan- uary, 1864.
MEDICAL SOCIETIES .- A century and a half passed away after the
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beginning of settlement in the territory of which this work treats before there was a distinctive organization of medical men for mutual profes- sional benefit. During all that long period the medical profession was almost wholly untrammeled by laws or regulations, and although, as has been seen, there were many men of high intellectual powers and liberal education among the early physicians, there were at the same time numerous ignorant and frequently unscrupulous persons who picked up a fragmentary knowledge of herbs and the commonest rem- edies, ignorant of diseases and their symptoms, who boldly gave them- selves the title of "Dr." and went about in their misguided ministra- tions, to the great injury of their victims. With increase of population and in the number of reputable physicians, it was seen that the only method of correcting the existing professional evils was through organi- zation. The feeling led to the formation of the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1781. Its purposes were to "elect officers, examine and license candidates, hold real estate, and continue a body politic and cor- porate by the same name forever." It was intended that the society should include every regular physician practicing in the Common- wealth, who should be admitted under certain regulations which would insure in the membership a general high plane of professional ability and dignity.
The Massachusetts Medical Society includes under its jurisdiction seventeen district societies, which appoint their own officers and estab- lish regulations for their own government as far as they do not conflict with the by-laws and regulations of the parent society. In these pages we are directly interested in only two of these district societies, both of which are in Bristol county.
The Bristol North District Society was organized June 20, 1849, and "consists of all the fellows of the Massachusetts Medical Society resid- ing in the city of Taunton, and in the towns of Seekonk, Attleborough and now North Attleborough, Rehoboth, Norton, Mansfield, Easton, Raynham, Berkley, Freetown, Somerset, Dighton, Swansea and none other." When the change was made in the line between Massachu- setts and Rhode Island, in 1862, by which Pawtucket and a part of Seekonk (now East Providence) were ceded to Rhode Island, the fel- lows of the State society living in that territory lost their membership in the district society and became non-resident fellows of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society.
The first meeting for the organization of this society was held at At-
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tleborough on January 20, 1849, at which the following physicians were in attendance: Drs. Benoni Carpenter, of Pawtucket; Seba A. Car- penter, of Attleborough; James B. Dean, of Taunton; Johnson Gard- ner of Seekonk; Thaddeus Phelps, of Attleborough; Menzies R. Ran- dall, of Rehoboth; Phineas Savery, of Attleborough; Caleb Swan, of North Easton. Several of these had been in practice in their respect- ive towns for many years. Dr. Menzies R. Randall was chosen chair- man of the meeting, and Dr. Benoni Carpenter, secretary. A commit- tee to prepare by-laws for the society was chosen, consisting of Drs. Carpenter, Gardner, and Phelps; their report was accepted and adopted. The following were then chosen the first officers of the society: Pres- ident, Dr. Seba Carpenter; vice-president, Menzies R. Randall; secre- tary and treasurer, William F. Perry (not before mentioned); libra- rians, Phineas Savery and James B. Dean.
Following is a complete list of the members of the North District Medical Society from the date of its organization to 1898, with the dates of election, and in many instances the dates of deaths:
Admitted
to M. M. S.
Name.
Residence.
Died.
1852
Alba, Edwin Mason,
Attleboro', afterwards Williamsport,
Pa.
1862
Allen, William George,
Mansfield
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Aspinwall, Thomas W
.Seekonk
1867
1883
Atwood, Charles Augustus,
. Taunton
1882 Baker, Harry Beecher,
Dighton
1869
Bassett, Elton James,
Taunton
1879 Battershall, Joseph Ward,
Attleborough
1850
Blanding, William,
Rehoboth
1857
1898 Briggs, C. A.
Freetown
1852
Bronson, John Richardson,
.Attleborough
1869
Brown, Henry N.,.
North Attleborough
1878
Brown, John Peaslee,
.Taunton
1871
Bullard, Herbert Cutler,
North Attleborough
1871
Burden, Frederick Lysander,
.. North Attleborough
1859
Burge, William B.,
Taunton
1848
Carpenter, Benoni,
Pawtucket, R. I.
1877
1868
Carpenter, Marcus S.
Mansfield
1845
Carpenter, Seba A.
Attleborough
1890
Carroll, W. E.,
Taunton
1848 . Chace, John Bowers,
Taunton
1881
1839 Clapp, Sylvanus,
Pawtucket, R. I.
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1866 Cobb, John Edward,
Taunton
1896
1858 Cogswell, George Badger, North Easton
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Admitted to
Name.
Residence.
Died.
M. M. S.
1888 .... Copp, Owen,
.Taunton
1898 .. .Cusick, T. F.
.Taunton
1844 Dean, James Britton, Taunton
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1896 Dean, Ralph D.,
Taunton
1866 Dean, Asahel Sumner
Taunton
1885 Drew, Charles Aaron,
. Taunton
1888 Ellis, George Livingstone,
.Taunton afterwards Middleborough .
1897 Fish, J. Euclid,
Taunton
1856 Fobes. Joseph Bassett,
Taunton afterwards Bridgewater
1840
Foster, James Wolcott,
North Attleborough
1887
Fox, William Yale,
Taunton
1869 Gage, William Hathorne,
Taunton
1882 Gallıgan, Edward Francis,
Taunton
1843 Gardner, Johnson,
Seekonk afterwards Providence, R. I.
1869
1882 Gerould, Joseph Bowditch,
North Attleborough
1858 Godding, William W
Taunton
1828 Gordon, William,
Taunton
1852
1882. Golden, Michael Charles, Taunton.
1886 Goss, Arthur V.,
Taunton
1835 Gushee, John Hathaway,
.Raynham
1843 Hatch, Joseph H.
Attleborough
1855
1882 Hewins, Parke Woodbury. . Taunton
1882 Holden, Charles Sumner,
. Attleborough
1855 Holman, Silas Atherton, Taunton
1866 Howard, George C., Attleborough.
1848 .Howe, Charles,
Taunton
1866. . Hubbard, Charles Thacher,
.Taunton
1888 Hubbard, Frank Allen, Taunton
1861 Hubbard, Henry Babcock, Taunton
1876 Hutchinson, Marcello,
Taunton
1877 Kilby, Henry Sherman,
North Attleborough
1854 Kimball, Daniel F
Rehoboth
1852 King, Dan,
Taunton and Greenville, R. I. 1864
1852 .Knapp, Ephraim, Attleborough 1860
1853 Larkin, Silas S.
Attleborough
1829 Leonard, George,
.Taunton
1865
1882 Mackie, George,
Attleborough
1885. Mackie, Laura V. Gustin,
Attleborough
1862 Manly, Edwin,
.Taunton
1890 Mccarthy, Thomas H.,
North Easton
1854 McCormick, Edward George,
.Taunton
1895. Mehegan, Daniel J ..
Taunton
1898 Milot, A. F.,
Taunton
1877 .Moore, Frederick C., Taunton
1852 Morton, Lloyd,
Pawtucket, R. I. 1890
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Admitted to
Name.
Residence.
Died.
M. M. S.
189 Murphy, Mrs. E. J.,
1859 Murphy, Joseph,
Taunton
1882 Murphy, Joseph Briggs .Taunton
1854 .Newman, Albert,
.Taunton afterwards Kansas
1879
1841. .Nicholas, Joseph Dean, Taunton
1852 . Nicholas, Thomas Gilbert. Freetown
1888
1864 Paige, Nomus,
Taunton
1869. .Paun, Amos Bosworth,
East Taunton, Middleborough
1867 Payne. Amasa Elliot,
Taunton, afterwards Brockton
1885 Perry, Martha,
Taunton
1835 .Perry, William Frederick,
Mansfield 1878
1853 Phelps, Elisha,
North Attleborough
1841 Phelps, Thaddeus,
North Attleborough.
1889
1865
.Presbrey, Silas Dean,
.Taunton
1852 Randall, Daniel F.
Rehoboth, afterwards Chesterfield,
1852
Raadall, George Henry,
North Rehoboth
1832 Randall, Menzies Rayner,
North Rehoboth
1882
1863 Ransom, Nathaniel Morton,
Taunton
1879 Richmond, George Barstow,
Dighton
1889 Roberts, George Kerr,
Attleborough.
1876 .Robinson, Walter Scott,
.Taunton
1896
1885. Round, Arthur Morey,
Norton
1867 Ryan, James C.
Taunton afterwards East Abington . 187-
1871
1841.
.Savery, Phineas,
Attleborough
1853
1865
-Sproat, Henry Hamilton,
Freetown
1892
1833
.Swan, Caleb,
Easton
1870
1835
-Talbot, Charles,
Dighton
1880
1852 .Thompson, Charles K.,
Attleborough
1876 -Tilden, Frank Elmer, North Easton
1880 Totten, John Edmund, Attleborough
1866 .Turner, Obed C.
Attleborough
1892 Washburn, Elliott,
Taunton
1846 - Wellington, James Lloyd,
Swansea
1869 Whitney, James Orne, Pawtucket, R. I.
1881 Wilmarth, Alfred Warren, Taunton
1834 Wood, Alfred
Taunton
1875 Yale, Joseph Cmmings, Taunton
The by-laws first adopted by this society directed that quarterly meetings should be held on the third Wednesdays of June, September, December and March, the last one being the annual meeting at which officers were elected. It was also provided that the meetings should be
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Sampson, Ira,.
Taunton.
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beld alternately in Taunton and Attleborough; this provision was, how- ever, changed in 1854, so that meetings were held "at such places as by vote it shall determine." Both of these articles were amended in September, 1854, providing for only two meetings each year, the annual meeting in March and the semi-annual in September. The last meet- ing held in Attleborough was on September 10, 1873, after which all meetings were held in Taunton. In September, 1875, a new code of by-laws was reported by a committee appointed for the purpose, which conformed with the then existing regulations of the State society. Among the changes was an article providing that the annual meeting should be held between the 15th of April and the 15th of May, and if not otherwise ordered, it should be on the third Thursday of April. If in any year that day fell less than ten days before the annual meet- ing of the State society, then another day was to be fixed by vote or by the president. These regulations are still in force.
'The records of procedings of the numerous meetings of this society show that a vast amount of benefit must have been derived by mem- bers from the discussions held and papers read upon important medical subjects and cases.
The Bristol South District Medical Society was organized under a charter granted by the State society councilors on April 3, 1839. Fol- lowing is the record:
To Alexander Read, Andrew Mackie, Paul Spooner, Samuel Sawyer, Julius A. Mayhew, William C. Whitridge, fellows of said society, greeting: Your application, made in due form, requesting that a district or subordinate medical society, residing in the following towns in the county of Bristol, viz .: New Bedford, Fall River, Taunton, Freetown, Fairhaven, Dartmouth and Westport; in the county of Plym- outh, Middleborough, Rochester and Wareham; in Duke's County, Chilmark, Tis- bury and Edgartown; and Nantucket was duly considered at a meeting of the coun- cilors held at Boston on the third day of April, A. D. 1839, and it was voted that your requests should be granted.
Be it therefore known, that pursuant to an act of the Legislature of this common- wealth entitled " An Act in addition to an act entitled ' An Act to incorporate certain persons by the name of the Massachusetts Medical Society,'" authorizing the coun- cilors of said society thereunto a distinct or subordinate society by the name of the Southern District Medical Society, is hereby established, to consist of those fellows of the Massachusetts Medical Society now residents within the limits aforesaid, for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as they shall deem expedient.
In testimony whereof, the president, pursuant to the aforesaid vote of the coun- cilors, has hereunto subscribed his name and affixed the seal of the corporation at Boston this 18th day of April, A. D. 1839. GEORGE C. SHATTUCK, President. Attest: S. D. TOWNSEND, Recording Secretary.
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The name of this society was subsequently abbreviated to the Bristol South District Medical Society, and comprises all the fellows of the Massachusetts Medical Society residing in the following cities and towns: New Bedford, Fall River, Westport, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Middleborough, Rochester, Mattapoisett, Wareham, Nantucket, Edgar- town, Tisbury and Chilmark. The objects and proceedings of this organization are almost identical with those of the society before de- scribed. The territory embraced in its jurisdiction extends largely outside of Bristol county, as noted, but the following list of members with places of residence gives a clear understanding of the distribution as far as this county is concerned; the loss of the earliest records ren- ders it impossible to give the names of officers:
Adm.
Name.
Residence.
Died.
1858. Abbe, Edward P.
New Bedford.
1854 .. Abbe, Burr R.
Hartford, Conn.
1877. Abbott, John H.,
Fall River
1889 Archer, Jason II.
Wrentham 1864
1887 Atwood, George,
Fairhaven
1880 Bartlett, l'rancis D).
Sonth Dartmouth
1883 Bartlett, Lyman,
New Bedford 1865
1867 Bass, William M.,
Monument
1855. Brackett, W. T. S.,
Edgartown
1862
1867 Bowen, Seabury W
Fall River
1867.
Butler, Winthrop
Vineyard Haven
1842 . Clark, Johnson,
New Bedford
1861
1880 Clifford, Arthur,
New Bedford
1881
1881 Chagnon, W. J. B.
Fall River
1847 Colby, Elijah,
New Bedford 1856
1846
. Comstock, William W.
Middleborough
1878
1829
. Cornish, Aaron,
New Bedford 1864
1865 .Cornish, Aaron,
New Bedford
1857. .Cornish, Theodore O.
Dartmouth
1840. . Crary, William H. H.,
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