Methods of the Spread of Plague
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clear that there was little or no danger in attending on plague cases in well-built, clean hospitals, but the sad death of Major Manser, i.m.s., and Nurse MacDougall soon showed the intense contagiousness of the pneumonic form. The sputum is known to be a virulent culture of plague bacilli and its spread on floor, walls, clothes, etc,, is easily understood, especially in Native houses, where the sick-room is too often crowded with
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دوره 41 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016