Is Enteric Fever Contagious?

Enteric Fever

ENTERIC FEVER. By Thomas O'Farrell, M.A., M.D., Surgeon, A. 31. D. That enteric fever is prevalent in India, especially among those who have recently changed their residence from England to this country, is a well-recognized fact, yet here, as well as at home, a variety of opinions are held as to the causation and propagation of the disease. <Ve have the great contagionist, "William Badd, asser...

Enteric Fever

Notes on Enteric Fever

By P. E. Hogg, M.D., Surg eon-Major, A.MD. In 1873, a battery of Horse Artillery, fresh from home, suffered severely at Meerut, where the sub-soil level from 14 feet in September 1869, rose in 1870 to 13 feet; in 1871-1872 to 12; in 1873 to 11 ; and in 1874 to 9 feet 6 inches: the proximity of the Ganges canal, and certain questions connected with drainage and irrigation were blamed by some, ye...

Enteric Fever in Natives

In B. the bowels were loose on the 4th and 5th day. From the 7th to the 14th day the stools were passed unconsciously. In C. there was constipation for a few days. On the 7th the bowels were open twice. On 12th stool thin with whitish deposit. In D. on the 6th and 7th days two stools, on the lltli day two stools. In E. one thin yellowish stool on the 5th day. From this it will be seen that diar...

Case of Enteric Fever