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PLAGUE
ITS CAUSE AND THE MANNER OF ITSEXTENSION—ITS MENACE—ITS CONTROL ANDSUPPRESSION—ITS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
BY
THOMAS WRIGHT JACKSON, M.D.
MEMBER AMERICAN RED CROSS SANITARY COMMISSION TO SERBIA, 1915; LATELYCAPTAIN AND ASSISTANT SURGEON, U. S. VOLUNTEERS; LATELY LECTURER ONTROPICAL DISEASES, JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE; MEMBER OF MANILAMEDICAL SOCIETY AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION;AUTHOR OF A TEXT BOOK ON TROPICAL MEDICINE; DIRECTOR,DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION AND EPIDEMIOLOGYFOR H. K. MULFORD COMPANY
WITH BACTERIOLOGIC OBSERVATIONS
BY
DR. OTTO SCHÖBL
BUREAU OF SCIENCE, MANILA
ILLUSTRATED
PRESS OF
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1916
BY THOMAS WRIGHT JACKSON, M.D.
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR TO
DR. ALDO CASTELLANI
REGIUS PROFESSOR OF TROPICAL DISEASES,UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES. EMINENT IN MEDICALRESEARCH, MY FRIEND, COLLEAGUE AND COMRADEDURING STRENUOUS DAYS IN SERBIA.
| [5]page | ||
| Introduction | 11 | |
| CHAPTER I | ||
| Its History and Its Extension | 19 | |
| History of Plague—The Widespread Dissemination of Plague in Recent Years—The Appearance of Plague in Porto Rico, New Orleans and Manila. | ||
| CHAPTER II | ||
| The Cause and the Menace of Plague | 28 | |
| Causation of the Disease and its Mode of Conveyance—Types of Plague—Chronic Plague and Immunity in Rats—Flea Conveyance of Plague Bacilli—The Stability of Virulence of Plague Bacilli—Summary of Facts Concerning the Cause and Manner of Extension of Plague. | ||
| CHAPTER III | ||
| Its Control and Suppression | 40 | |
| Plague Prevention by Extermination of Rats—General Uselessness of the Rat and Its Enormous Destructiveness, with Details of Trapping and Other Extermination Methods—The Manila Epidemic, 1912–1914—The First Cases—Unusual Character of Plague Cases a ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | ||