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Arch Dermatol. 2009;145(10):1088.

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THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES
VOL. XXVII
October, 1909
NO. 10

By DOUGLAS W. MONTGOMERY, M.D., and HOWARD MORROW, M.D., San Francisco.

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J Cutan Dis. 1909;27(10):435-438.

Editor's Comment

On April 18, 1906, at 5:12 AM, Atlas shrugged. A shudder was felt from Oregon in the north, Nevada to the east, and Los Angeles to the south. Only 2 miles from the earthquake's epicenter, San Francisco was instantly devastated. The initial shock collapsed hundreds of buildings, crushing unknown numbers of people while they still slept. No matter how devastating the quake, it was the subsequent fires that did the far greater damage. Gas lines ruptured by the earthquake resulted in countless spontaneous fires; even more were man made. Some property owners torched their own buildings, since insurance covered losses due to fire but not earthquake. Other conflagrations began when buildings that . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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