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Typhoid Poison from a Well

December 15th, 2008 at 12:54 am » Comments (0)

Typhoid Poison from a Well.  — in a report of the American public health Association, Dr. Austin Flynn gives an account of an outbreak of typhoid fever in Vermont which it was possible to trace, in the most circumstantial way, to the poisoning of a well in some such method as has been described.  The [...]



Deadly Affect of Water Impurity

December 15th, 2008 at 12:45 am » Comments (0)

Deadly Affect of Water Impurity.  — according to the late Dr. William Budd, it also appears to be highly probable that, the poison of typhoid fever enters the system by drinking water, infection is more certain than when it is disseminated by the hair and is breathed into the lungs.  It’s part of the [...]