Pneumonic Plague and Its Treatment
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Primary pneumonic plague lias been known to occur in cold climates such as that of Eastern Siberia and Manchuria, but fortunately it is known to occur comparatively rarely in India. In India cases are reported to have occurred mostly in northern parts of India, especially at the base of the Himalayas, but occasionally cases have been reported from other parts as well. It is known that in these cases infection of the lungs takes place by droplets of infected sputum. It has been mentioned in the textbooks that pneumonia caused by P. pestis is usually of a lobular type. We have however
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