Enteric fever : its prevalence and modifications, ætiology, pathology and treatment as illustrated by Army data at home and abroad

Preface

In the accompanying pages I have endeavoured to show the relation of the Enteric Fever of England to that in the world at large, as illustrated by Army data ; and how far these support the school teaching as to its nature and clinical features, or the asserted potency of climate, or this combined with youth and recency of arrival in the tropics. It has always seemed to me that deductions from army life are valuable to a degree often wanting in civil life, from the comparatively more accurately known conditions under which our soldiers are placed.

Table Of Contents

Prevalence of Enteric Fever in the Service.

Definition and theories of civil disease. Statistical tables of army disease from 1860-78. Arrangement of stations as to prevalence and mortality. Tabular grouping of stations as to climate and region. General remarks on existent conditions in these groups. Table of stations showing its relative influence in total sickness and mortality. Deduction on causation from statistics ..... 1 —

Modifications of Army Disease.