Famine and Fever as Cause and Effect in Rajpootana in 1868 and 1869
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IN RAJPOOTANA IN 1868 & 1869* By E. T. LYONS, Surgeon, 28th Regiment, Punjab Infantry. Within the last decade, since the subject of the prevalence of relapsing fever has been discussed in India, writers, who deny the existence of the disease in this country, have referred to the circumstance that in recent times no epidemic of relapsing fever has been recorded as co-existing with the prevalence of famine. Within the last ten years there have occurred at
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Famine and Fever in Rajpootana
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دوره 8 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016