ETIOLOGY OF ENTERIC FEVER.

Enteric Fever

ENTERIC FEVER. By Thomas O'Farrell, M.A., M.D., Surgeon, A. 31. D. That enteric fever is prevalent in India, especially among those who have recently changed their residence from England to this country, is a well-recognized fact, yet here, as well as at home, a variety of opinions are held as to the causation and propagation of the disease. <Ve have the great contagionist, "William Badd, asser...

Enteric Fever

Case of Enteric Fever

Increase of Enteric Fever

remarks on the other side of the question. Any one who has had the opportunity of watching the course of an epidemic of enteric fever at home and of treating groups of cases from the same street, perhaps from the same household, must have been struck by the great variation among the cases as regards severity and mildness, and varying predominance of symptoms. There seems to bs no reason why mil...

Etiology of Oroya Fever

Bartonella muris appeared in the blood of all white rats, wild rats, Chinese hamster, and mice, from which the spleen was removed, but did not appear in that of splenectomized monkeys, rabbits, or guinea pigs. It has not been possible to transmit B. muris to normal rats, monkeys, rabbits, or guinea pigs, by intraperitoneal, intradermal, or intravenous injection of blood containing B. muris from...