EPIDEMIC DYSENTERY AT PORTER, INDIANA.

A Small Epidemic of Flexner (?) Dysentery

To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir,?In some villages near Mandya in Mysore District, a few cases of dysentery were reported and the health officer in charge of the rural unit sent seven motions from patients suffering from the attack, and two water samples from wells that were reported to have caused dysentery after use, for bacteriological analysis. A relevant portion of this lette...

Epidemic shigella dysentery in children in northern KwaZulu-Natal.

OBJECTIVES To describe the epidemiology, clinical features, management and outcome of children with Shigella dysenteriae type I infection admitted to a rural district hospital. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Hlabisa Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal. SUBJECTS Children aged under 12 years admitted with a history of bloody mucoid diarrhoea between February and December 1995. MAIN OUTCOME ...

Roy Porter

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From the Chair pring arrived about two weeks early this year, the Little 500 is over, and graduation is imminent. Among those completing their IU careers are 23 seniors who will graduate this spring or summer. Continuing a long history of excellence, six of them were nominated to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. One graduate—Katie Blake (right)—was a recipient of the Vice Provost’s Award for Undergr...

Strategy as Action: From Porter to Anti-Porter

In the post-crisis era new concepts are emerging, while some old and dysfunctional ones are being discarded. Strategy is about making series of decisions that drive corporate action under specific coupling with company’s environment and context. Because decisions are actions, so the strategy itself is action, not just a description of action. In the area of traditional strategy, descriptions (i...