On Enteric Fever
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By Surgeon W. E. Saunders, a.m.d. ( Continued, from page 97.) V. Modes of Spread.?Having decided that a specific poison is necessary to cause enteric fever, we must now review the different modes in which the disease is transmitted and disseminated. The virulent part of the specific poison, by which the disease is communicated, is admitted by most persons to be contained in the diarrhoeal discharges.
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