Trench fever : final report of the War Office Trench Fever Committee / edited by David Bruce, Chairman.
- Date:
- 1921
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Trench fever : final report of the War Office Trench Fever Committee / edited by David Bruce, Chairman. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TRENCH FEVER. FINAL REPORT OF THE WAR OFFICE TRENCH FEVER INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE. EDITED BY MAJOR GENERAL SIR DAVID BRUCE, A.MLS. CHAIRMAN. CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION I. IN WHAT TISSUES OF THE BLOOD IS THE ORGANISM OF TRENCH FEVER FOUND?. 259 1. Whole blood : ; : : : : ; : ; ‘ »~ +263 II. THE RELATION OF THE ORGANISM TO THE BLOOD . ; : : : 63) 1. Blood plasma : : ; ‘ : ; ; ; : 5 . 264 2. Blood serum ; : ; : : : 3 : ; : . 264 3. Red blood corpuscles . : : ; : : : ; : . 264 4. Laked whole blood : ‘ : : : : ‘ . 265 5. Minimal quantity of whole blood veunitad : : : : : . 265 6. Inoculation of scarified area of skin by whole blood . : ; . 266 7. When does the blood become infective? : : : ; : ~« 266 8. How long does the blood remain infective? ‘ i : ; 2 e267 9. Microscopical examination of the blood : : ; : : . 267 II]. How DOES THE ORGANISM LEAVE THE BODY? . : : : : 2 20r 1. Inthe sputum. , ; é ; 5 ; : : 5 . 268 2. In the urine ‘ : : ; : : : : : : . 268 3. In the faeces : ‘ ; ; : : . : : : E208 IV. How DOES THE ORGANISM ENTER THE BODY? . : : 3 ; . 269 1. By the mouth or nasal passages . : : , : . 269 2. Through the conjunctiva and other mucous meric ; ‘ Po e269) V. THE LOUSE AS THE CARRIER OF THE TRENCH FEVER ORGANISM . 3 270 1. Is the organism transferred to man through the proboscis of the longa? 270 2. By the excreta of infected lice? . : : ; ; ‘ : arf 3. By the excreta of clean lice? : : coe ok 4. By the feeding of clean lice through a ier of SEN AGE arbon? ‘ ee 5. By the crushing of bodies of infected lice? . ‘ 272 6. Do lice fed on a case within 12 hours of onset of disease peeoine infective? 272 7. Do lice fed on an afebrile case become infective? ; aes 8. At what temperature do lice require to be kept between feedings ras: 9. What time elapses between an infected feed and the passage of infective 273 louse excreta? . ‘ : ‘ ; 3 ; . 274 10. What percentage of lice meant infoutive? : ‘ ‘ : : . 274 1]. Hereditary transmission of the organism in the louse . : : » A 2To 12. Does Pediculus capitis convey the organism? : : ; : a 290 13. The minimal infecting dose of louse excreta : : : . . 275 VI. VIABILITY OF THE TRENCH FEVER ORGANISM : : ‘ 5 : = 216 1. Effect of drying on the blood : : : : : : : _ 276 2. Exposure to sunlight . : : ' : ; : : : ~ 216](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33429960_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
