Enteric fever : its prevalence and modifications, aetiology, pathology and treatment as illustrated by Army data at home and abroad / by Francis H. Welch.

  • Welch Francis H.
Date:
1883
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Credit: Enteric fever : its prevalence and modifications, aetiology, pathology and treatment as illustrated by Army data at home and abroad / by Francis H. Welch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    background, and the conclusion finally is that the single continuous thread of probability leads uni- formly to the decomposition of organised (and chiefly vegetable) substances as the cause” (Parkes—State Board of Health, Massachusetts). Such, briefly detailed, is the malady which “ is the most common of the specific diseases in Europe and America, and probably in India.” (Parkes). If we turn from this general view to the statistics of the army to ascertain its prevalence as shown by a period of years among our troops, we find that prior to 1859 the disease was amassed with other forms under the generic heading of “ continued fevers ;” in 1859 onwards most of the stations of the army return it as “ typhoid,” but it is absent in the returns from India until 1861, from Bermuda until 1866, and from the West Indies until 1867 ; from 1869 it is returned as “ enteric.” The following table embraces the station returns at home and abroad.