Dublin fever

A Dublin observer of the Lisbon yellow fever epidemic.

The history of yellow fever is discussed with relevance to the Lisbon epidemic of 1857. Robert S.D. Lyons, professor of medicine at the Catholic University Medical School in Dublin, was given leave by the rector to investigate its pathology and set off for Portugal in November. He performed autopsies and studied possible environmental factors, with negative results. The professor's "prolonged a...

A Dublin Observer of the Lisbon Yellow Fever Epidémie

The history of yellow fever is discussed with relevance to the Lisbon épidémie of 1857. Robert S.D. Lyons, prof essor ofmedicine at the Catholic University Médical School in Dublin, was given leave by the rector to investigate its pathology and set off for Portugal in November. He performed autopsies and studied possible environmental factors, with négative results. The professor's "prolonged a...

Salmonella enterica serotype Dublin bacteraemia mimicking enteric fever.

Salmonella enterica serotype Dublin, a bovine adapted serotype, is the commonest cause of salmonellosis in cattle. Salmonellosis in animals always presents a potential zoonotic threat. Infected cattles serves as a source of infection to humans. We present here Salmonella Dublin Bacteraemia in an elderly patient, with all the clinical details, due to the rarity of its occurrence. He was treated ...

Dublin , Dublin , Ireland

Of Economics University College Dublin Belfield Dublin 4

It is clear that education has an important effect on wages paid in the labour market However it not clear whether this is due to the role that education plays in raising the productivity of workers (the human capital explanation) or whether education simply reflects the ability of the worker (through a signalling role). In this paper we describe and implement, using a variety of UK datasets, a...