dhopie

Updated: July 9, 2026

All diseases caused by germs are "catching." All other diseases are not "catching." Thus, one may catch venereal diseases, smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, chicken pox, mumps, bolls, body lice, ringworm, barber's itch, dhopie itch, and some other diseases. Wounds are infected in this manner.

United States. War Dept. - Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 : To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training