Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease.

Against Diseases here, the strongest Fence, Is the defensive Virtue, Abstinence.

Against diseases here the strongest fence, Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.

[Diseases] crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies.

In President Reagan's case, it's possible that the disease would have had an earlier onset if he had not had such an active lifestyle,

We already have a plan in place for disease outbreaks, but this one must be much more specific.