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Spread of Typhoid

December 15th, 2008 at 12:39 am » Comments (0)

Spread of Typhoid.  — Sir William Jenner, than whom no higher medical authority could well be quoted, in commenting upon this point, says: the spread of typhoid fever is, if possible, less disputable than the spread of cholera by the same means; solitary cases, outbreaks confined to single houses, to small villages into parts of [...]



Typhoid Fever from Polluted Water

December 10th, 2008 at 5:03 am » Comments (0)

Typhoid Fever from Polluted Water. — the remarks which have been already made with regard to the influence of impure water on the spread of cholera, apply still with greater force to the causation of typhoid fever. So, does this move propagation that the assertion may be ventured that few readers of these pages have [...]