Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis in Akyab Jail
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Nos. 3 and 4 worked in the same workshop. Nothing more definite than this could be ascertained. The symptoms were in all cases fairly typical, and the diagnosis easily established. A prominent feature was the rapid onset with high fever and restless delirium, followed by a period of depression of physical and mental powers. The temperature was mostly of an irregular type, while the pulse and respiration in four of the
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