Legionnaires' disease fever experience fever and muscle aches without pneumonia. They generally recover in 2-5 days without treatment. For Pontiac fever, the time between exposure and symptoms is generally a few hours to 2 days. Over 90% of cases of Legionnaires' disease are caused by "Legionella pneumophila." Other types include "L. longbeachae", "L. feeleii", "L. micdadei", and "L. anisa". Legionnaires' disease is usually spread by the breathing in of aerosolized water and/or soil contaminated with the "Legionella" bacteria. Experts have stated that Legionnaires' disease is not transmitted from person to person. In 2014, one case of possible spread from someone sick to
Official Table of Drops Official Table of Drops The Official Table of Drops, issued by the British Home Office, is a manual which is used to calculate the appropriate length of rope for long drop hangings. Following a series of failed hangings, including those of John 'Babbacombe' Lee, a committee chaired by Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare was formed in 1886 to discover and report on the most effective manner of hanging. The committee's report was printed in 1888 and recommended a drop energy of . In April 1892, the Home Office issued a Table of Drops based on an energy of ; in