A Small Epidemic of Flexner (?) Dysentery
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To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir,?In some villages near Mandya in Mysore District, a few cases of dysentery were reported and the health officer in charge of the rural unit sent seven motions from patients suffering from the attack, and two water samples from wells that were reported to have caused dysentery after use, for bacteriological analysis. A relevant portion of this letter is here appended:? ' There have been eleven deaths by now and 45 attacks. The cases are distributed
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