In the late 1800s, long-distance communication was difficult. though there was a postal service, it was slow and unreliable. letters could take many weeks or even months to travel cross country. quickly reaching a faraway loved one in an emergency was only possible via the electric telegraph, which was not available to everyone. in contrast, today americans communicate freely, inexpensively, and frequently over all distances with cell phones and computers. friends and family, no matter how distant, are only a push of a button away.

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She took up a scalpel and slit the monkey's abdomen, making a slow and gentle cut, keeping the blade well away from her gloved fingers. the spleen was puffed up and tough, leathery, like a globe of smoked salami. she did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. she had expected that the monkey's interior would be a lake of blood, but no, this monkey looked all right, it had not bled into itself. if the animal had died of ebola, this was not a clear case. she opened up the intestine. there was no blood inside it. the gut looked okay. then she examined the stomach. there she found a ring of bleeding spots at the junction between the stomach and the small intestine. this could be a sign of ebola, but it was not a clear sign. it could also be a sign of simian fever, not ebola. therefore, she could not confirm the presence of ebola virus in this animal based on a visual inspection of the internal organs during necropsy.