Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Epidemics Examined and Explained: or, Living Germs Proved by Analogy to be a Source of Disease / Braille

Epidemics Examined and Explained: or, Living Germs Proved by Analogy to be a Source of Disease ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

278,892 braille cells · 297 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,310 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠍⠁⠇⠊⠛⠝⠁⠝⠞⠀⠑⠧⠑⠝⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠍⠕⠎⠞⠀⠞⠑⠍⠏⠑⠗⠁⠞⠑⠀
⠉⠇⠊⠍⠁⠞⠑⠎⠆⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠼⠁⠚⠁⠀⠛⠑⠝⠑⠗⠁⠞⠑⠀⠁⠀⠍⠁⠞⠞⠑⠗⠀
⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠊⠗⠀⠉⠕⠥⠗⠎⠑⠂⠀⠉⠁⠏⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠏⠗⠕⠙⠥⠉⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠀
⠏⠁⠗⠞⠊⠉⠥⠇⠁⠗⠀⠙⠊⠎⠑⠁⠎⠑⠀⠊⠝⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀⠉⠊⠗⠉⠥⠍⠎⠞⠁⠝⠉⠑⠎⠲
⠀⠠⠊⠝⠙⠑⠑⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠕⠗⠊⠛⠊⠝⠀⠕⠋⠀⠑⠧⠑⠗⠽⠀⠉⠕⠝⠞⠁⠛⠊⠕⠥⠎⠀
⠋⠑⠧⠑⠗⠀⠥⠝⠁⠞⠞⠑⠝⠙⠑⠙⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠑⠗⠥⠏⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠂⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠀⠑⠭⠉⠑⠏⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠏⠇⠁⠛⠥⠑⠂⠀⠍⠥⠎⠞⠀⠉⠕⠍⠍⠑⠝⠉⠑⠀
⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠊⠎⠀⠺⠁⠽⠲⠀⠠⠺⠓⠽⠀⠠⠙⠗⠲⠀⠠⠗⠕⠃⠑⠗⠞⠎⠕⠝⠀⠎⠓⠕⠥⠇⠙
⠀⠑⠭⠉⠑⠏⠞⠀⠑⠗⠥⠏⠞⠊⠧⠑⠀⠠⠋⠑⠧⠑⠗⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠠⠏⠇⠁⠛⠥⠑⠀⠠⠊⠀
⠉⠁⠝⠝⠕⠞⠀⠥⠝⠙⠑⠗⠎⠞⠁⠝⠙⠂⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠞⠓⠑⠽⠀⠍⠥⠎⠞⠀⠓⠁⠧⠑⠀
⠓⠁⠙⠀⠁⠀⠉⠕⠍⠍⠑⠝⠉⠑⠍⠑⠝⠞⠆⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠊⠗⠀⠍⠁⠝⠽⠀
⠏⠕⠊⠝⠞⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠎⠊⠍⠊⠇⠁⠗⠊⠞⠽⠀⠊⠝⠙⠊⠉⠁⠞⠑⠂⠀⠊⠋⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠁⠝
⠀⠊⠙⠑⠝⠞⠊⠉⠁⠇⠂⠀⠁⠝⠀⠁⠝⠁⠇⠕⠛⠕⠥⠎⠀⠎⠕⠥⠗⠉⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗
⠀⠑⠝⠙⠑⠍⠊⠉⠀⠋⠑⠧⠑⠗⠎⠲⠀⠀⠠⠊⠞⠀⠺⠊⠇⠇⠀⠙⠕⠥⠃⠞⠇⠑⠎⠎⠀⠃⠑⠀
⠛⠑⠝⠑⠗⠁⠇⠇⠽⠀⠁⠉⠅⠝⠕⠺⠇⠑⠙⠛⠑⠙⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠑⠝⠙⠑⠍⠊⠉⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀
⠑⠏⠊⠙⠑⠍⠊⠉⠀⠙⠊⠎⠑⠁⠎⠑⠎⠀⠙⠑⠏⠑⠝⠙⠀⠥⠏⠕⠝⠀⠎⠕⠍⠑⠀
⠥⠝⠅⠝⠕⠺⠝⠀⠁⠛⠑⠝⠞⠎⠂⠀⠓⠁⠧⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠓⠑⠊⠗⠀⠎⠕⠥⠗⠉⠑⠀⠊⠝⠀
⠍⠁⠇⠁⠗⠊⠕⠥⠎⠀⠙⠊⠎⠞⠗⠊⠉⠞⠎⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠃⠑⠊⠝⠛⠀⠉⠁⠏⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀
⠕⠋⠀⠁⠎⠎⠥⠍⠊⠝⠛⠀⠑⠊⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠁⠀⠉⠕⠝⠞⠁⠛⠊⠕⠥⠎⠀⠕⠗⠀
⠝⠕⠝⠤⠉⠕⠝⠞⠁⠛⠊⠕⠥⠎⠀⠉⠓⠁⠗⠁⠉⠞⠑⠗⠂⠀⠁⠉⠉⠕⠗⠙⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠕⠀
⠉⠊⠗⠉⠥⠍⠎⠞⠁⠝⠉⠑⠎⠲⠀⠀⠠⠊⠋⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠋⠕⠗⠑⠂⠀⠺⠑⠀⠋⠊⠝⠙⠀
⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠥⠝⠙⠑⠗⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀⠉⠕⠝⠙⠊⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠁⠝⠀⠑⠝⠙⠑⠍⠊⠉⠀
⠁⠋⠋⠑⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠃⠑⠉⠕⠍⠑⠎⠀⠉⠁⠏⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠃⠑⠊⠝⠛⠀
⠏⠗⠕⠏⠁⠛⠁⠞⠑⠙⠀⠃⠽⠀⠉⠕⠝⠞⠁⠛⠊⠕⠝⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠁⠍⠑⠀⠇⠁⠺⠀
⠺⠊⠇⠇⠀⠓⠕⠇⠙⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠗⠑⠛⠁⠗⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠊⠞⠀⠁⠎⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.