Kedani River Fever in the Federated Malay States
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Fever, Allbutt's System of Medicine, 1910 edition, states that the disease has only been recognised in Japan. Dr. Wilhelm Schtiffner of Deli, Sumatra, has published a paper since then on the occurrence of this disease, or a variety of it in Sumatra, and has recorded one hundred and fifty cases. Drs. Asburn and Craig have also recorded its presence in the Philippines. The case given below is so similar in many particulars with those recorded by Dr. Schiiffner that one may be permitted to suppose that it is the same disease, and other cases may be recognised in these States.
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