On Institutional Dysentery

An Outbreak of Institutional Dysentery Due to the Y. Bacillus

At the close of last year there was an outbreak of epidemic diarrhoea at the Stapleton Workhouse. It commenced about the middle of November, reached its height at the end of December, and gradually receded during the closing days of January. In all, some forty persons were attacked, of whom five died. The first case was that of a man, S., who had been working in connection with Colonial troops ...

Observations on Dysentery in Children.

Amœbic Dysentery

Notes on Forster's Vaccine Treatment of Dysentery

General interest has been aroused in Foster's vaecine treatment of dysentery, which has given such striking results in this Jail, and, under the circumstances, I think the following illustrative cases may be of interest. Already cases have been reported in the Indian Medical Gazette showing the efficacy of the vaccine in old standing and chronic cases. In this jail the treatment has for some ti...

Momose's hydrocinnamic acid reaction on dysentery bacilli.

While investigating the growth inhibitory influence of aromatic acids on various strains of microorganisms, Momose observed and reported in 1930 that pseudodysentery bacilli when grown on agar medium containing hydrocinnamic acid or its sodium salt, stained the medium in reddish brown, while those strains of shigella, typhoid, paratyphoid A, B, and coli groups did not show this coloring reactio...