ON A DYSENTERY ANTITOXIN

A Comparative Study of Dysentery and Dysentery-like Organisms

The group of dysentery organisms is a large and. varied one. It may be divided, as is well known, into two main sub-groups, the "Shiga-Kruse" and the "mannit-fermenters," which are of equal importance and entirely distinct. If we take decided differences in agglutination, as determined by absorptions, as a criterion of specificity, the latter group includes at least four distinct species with a...

Observations on Dysentery in Children.

Amœbic Dysentery

Notes on Forster's Vaccine Treatment of Dysentery

General interest has been aroused in Foster's vaecine treatment of dysentery, which has given such striking results in this Jail, and, under the circumstances, I think the following illustrative cases may be of interest. Already cases have been reported in the Indian Medical Gazette showing the efficacy of the vaccine in old standing and chronic cases. In this jail the treatment has for some ti...

A Case of Choleraic Dysentery

tailor and a fellow tailor brought him to my dispensary for treatment. On admission the patient appeared to be a typical case of cholera. The cheeks were hollowed with prominent zvgoma, the nose pinched and the eyes sunken and the skin of the fingers shrivelled. He \vas passing profuse and red-coloured watery stools. There was complete suppression of urine. The respiration was rapid. He could n...