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Oregon Man Hit With Plague Could Lose Fingers

Paul Gaylord contracted rare disease from cat bite

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 18, 2012 8:31 AM CDT

(AP) – One look at Paul Gaylord's hands shows why the plague is referred to as "Black Death." The 59-year-old contracted the plague after trying to take a mouse from the jaws of a choking cat, which then bit him. Now the Oregon welder'...   Read full story »

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