ON ACETYL-SALICYCLIC ACID, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS VALUE IN TYPHOID FEVER

The Distribution of Typhoid Vi Agglutinins in Normal Sera with Special Reference to Their Diagnostic Value in Typhoid Fever

on the serological diagnosis using the conventional Widal test, the correct interpretation of the results of which is beset with many difficulties. The discovery by Felix and Pitt (1934) of a Vi antigen of B. typhosus, and its serumcounterpart Vi antibody in the sera of typhoid patients and carriers, opened up a new serological approach to the problem of diagnosis of typhoid infection. Bensted ...

On the Value of Urotropin as a Urinary Antiseptic with Especial Reference to Its Use in Typhoid Fever

In a previous number of this Journal t the writer published an article "Upon the Presence of the Typhoid Bacillus in the Urine," and, as the result of observations upon 38 cases of typhoid fever, drew the following conclusions: (1) Typhoid bacilli were demonstrated in 9 out of the 38 cases (about 25 per cent). (2) The bacilli, when demonstrated, were always present in large numbers, and in prac...

Marris' Atropine Test in Typhoid Fever and Its Value

was performed at head-quarters on Ross Island, which only confirmed the diagnosis, and the value of this simple atropine test. A synopsis of a few cases may be of interest and these I briefly append below:? Case No. 1.?March 1924. Female aged 28. Vomiting, purging, severe vertigo, enlarged spleen and liver. Blood swarming with double malaria infection. Quinine injections intravenously did not c...

On the Value of Antifebrin and Quinine in Typhoid Fever

Gastric acid secretion in typhoid fever.

Gastric acid secretion was studied in 20 patients with typhoid fever (Group A), ten patients with fever other than typhoid (Group B), and ten healthy adults of matched age and sex (Group C). Patients with typhoid showed reduced acid secretion at the time of fever and one week after subsidence of fever as compared to Group C. In uncomplicated patients (Group A1), these values rose thereafter but...