From the editors: enteric fevers - here and there

Enteric Fevers in Lahore

A large number of cases of fever including some of obscure type is admitted to the wards of the Mayo Hospital every year. During the last three years, the blood of these cases has been cultured as a routine measure and it has been found that quite a large proportion of them are of the enteric type. The following observations are based on the study of these cases. In this investigation the metho...

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Revenue targets for doctors in corporate hospitals As part of its series on ‘Corruption in medicine’, the BMJ, on 3 September 2015, published an article on the unethical practice of profit-driven targets that corporate hospitals in India set for doctors on their payroll. The article by Meera Kay, a Bengalurubased journalist, had viewpoints from the medical and nongovernmental organization (NGO)...

Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole in enteric fevers.

Clinical improvement was rapid in all 13 patients with enteric fever and one with Brucella abortus infection treated with trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole. There were no side-effects of the treatment and it was found easy to administer to toxic and delirious patients.

Some Observations on Enteric Fevers

Enteric and Other Fevers in Afghanistan

seen that extensive u'ceration of solitary and agminated glands, with occasionally congestion of mucous membrane of small and large intestines, were the most characteristic lesions, independent apparently of the duration of the disease in each case. In the two following on the other hand while the general symptoms corresponded, the changes in the bowel were much more limited in extent and very ...