An account of an epidemic of dysentery occurring at Cherbourg amongst the naval and military forces engaged in manoeuvres. The origin of the epidemic was never ascertained, but the author puts forward three hypotheses: -
(1) The pollution of certain parts of the city water supply.
(2) The use of...
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Arch. Med et Pharm. Nav, 1912, 98, 7, pp 61-67 pp.
Malaria.-The seasonal incidence of malaria corresponded with that of previous years, the largest proportion of cases occurring during and shortly after the wet season. It should be remembered, however, that Europeans may become infected whilst travelling and this circumstance needs to be borne in...
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Zomba : Printed by the Government Printer.,
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Annual Report on the Medical Department for the Year ended 31st March, 1912., 1912, pp 56 pp.
These three publications give an account, the first mainly popular, the latter two official, statistic and scientific, of the vast anti-Hookworm Campaign that is now being waged in the United States of America under the financial aegis of Mr. ROCKEFELLER. It is believed that the eradication of...
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Offices of the Commission., Washington, D. C., USA
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Third Annual Report of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease., 1912, pp 130 pp.
The determination of the flight of mosquitos at Ancón, Panama Canal Zone, has not only been of value from the scientific standpoint, but has led to the eradication of these insects from human habitations and thereby reduced the possibilities of transmission of malaria, yellow fever, & c.
It is...
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Annals Entom. Soc. America, 1913, 6, 1, pp 5-21
These three publications give an account, the first mainly popular, the latter two official, statistic and scientific, of the vast anti-Hookworm Campaign that is now being waged in the United States of America under the financial aegis of Mr. ROCKEFELLER. It is believed that the eradication of...
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Ferell, Jno. A.
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American Journal of Public Health, 1913, 3, 5, pp 492-493 pp.
An interesting account of the measures taken, under the author's superintendence, for improving the health of the native workers on a large tobacco-plantation at Défi, Sumatra, employing nearly 7, 000 hands, over a period of 15 years extending from 1896 to 1911. At the commencement of this period,...
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Printed by J. H. de Bussy., Ansterdam, Netherlands
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Secties voor Wetenschappelijken Arbeid, 1913, pp 35 pp.
Towards the middle of September 1912 a small epidemic broke out in the hamlet of Piana, Rocca di Canavese, having the characters of dysentery and affecting one-fifth of the whole population = twelve individuals. Of these nine were adults and three children. In the latter the symptoms were grave,...
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Sangiorgi, G. ; Bongioannini, G.
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Pathologica, 1913, 5, 103, pp 103-105 pp.
These three publications give an account, the first mainly popular, the latter two official, statistic and scientific, of the vast anti-Hookworm Campaign that is now being waged in the United States of America under the financial aegis of Mr. ROCKEFELLER. It is believed that the eradication of...
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Stiles, Ch. Wardell
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U . S. Public Health Rep., 1913, 28, 21, pp 985-986 pp.
An act was passed in the State of Connecticut during 1913 under which any accumulation of water in which mosquitos are breeding is declared a public nuisance. It is also made the duty of the health officer to investigate any reported breeding place and order it to be abolished, screened or treated...
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Rept. Connecticut Agric. Expt. Stn. for 1913, 1914, pp 242-249 pp.
This paper is a lengthy report on the distribution of Ankylostomiasis amongst the inhabitants of Maroni in French Guiana. Amongst the convicts the disease is very widespread, for of 732 admitted to hospital during the year 1912, 533 were recognised clinically as suffering from the disease. The...
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Ministere des colonies, Paris, France
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Annales d'Hygiene et de Medecine Coloniales, 1914, 17, 1, pp 149-176