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Samuel Crumbine
(1862-1954)
Moved from Pennsylvania to Ford
County, Kansas, in 1880s to practice
medicine
State Secretary of Health for 20 years
Launched public awareness campaigns
for tuberculosis, elimination of houseflies
and rats, and water and sanitary sewage
control
Abolished community drinking cup
and credited with
popularizing modern
fly swatter
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