Question

based on the article from john snow’s “on the mode of communication of cholera,” what is the meaning of the word marked?
regarding the facts above mentioned, which prove that cholera is communicated from person to person, there are others which show the manner in which it is spread. a person in the same room with a patient, and attending on him, do not necessarily expose a person to the morbid poison, and what is still always requisite that a person should be very near a cholera patient in order to take the disease, as the morbid matter may be disseminated to a distance.
a. brought
b. communicated
c. disseminated
d. transmitted
e. spread through

Explanation:

The excerpt discusses cholera transmission, stating the disease can spread without close proximity, as the "morbid matter" causing it can travel distance. This aligns with the definition of the word describing a disease that can pass from one organism to another. Analyzing the options:

• "benign" means harmless, which contradicts cholera's nature.
• "precarious" means uncertain, irrelevant to transmission.
• "persistent" means lasting, not related to spread.
• "transmissible" means capable of being passed between individuals, matching the text's focus on cholera's spread without close contact.
• "superfluous" means unnecessary, not relevant here.

Answer:

D. transmissible