Plague: Its Cause and the Manner of its Extension, Its Menace, Its Control and Suppression, Its Diagnosis and TreatmentJackson, Thomas Wright
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Plague: Its Cause and the Manner of its Extension, Its Menace, Its Control and Suppression, Its Diagnosis and Treatment
Jackson, Thomas Wright
Plague; Rats as carriers of disease
Plague conveyance, 28
in 1910, 24
conveyance by suction of insects, 33
Porto Rico, plague appears in, 26
Public coöperation in plague control, 126, 127
Practicability of plague control, 15
Philippines, plague in, 22
Peru, plague in, 22
Persia, plague in, 25
Portuguese East Africa, plague in, 26
Public Health Service, U. S., 26, 37
Pulex irritans, 32
pallidus, 32
Plague pneumonia, secondary, 39
Pneumonic plague epidemic, 38
Prevention problem, summary of, 37
Pneumonic plague, 37
in Manchuria, 37
Plague immunity, 36
treatment and diagnosis of, 165
control, 40
prevention, 40
suppression, 40
campaign in San Francisco, 41
Poisons used for rat destruction, 43, 44
Poisonous gases, rat destruction by, 45
Prevention for community, summary of, 56
Proper disposal of dead, 56
_Philippine Journal of Science_, 58, 70, 128
Plague at quarantine in Manila, 58
from Hong Kong, Manila, importation of, in 1912, 58
from Amoy, importation of, 59
cases, numbers and mortality of Manila, 61
rats, laboratory-proven, and others in Manila, 61
in Quiapo, Manila, 63
in Binondo, Manila, 63
cases in Manila, geographic grouping of, 63
in Malolos, P. I., 69
in Iloilo, P. I., 70
Plague suppressive measures, Manila, taking charge of, 70
fighting organization in Manila, 71
Population, removal of, in emergency, 74
Plague, cat, case of, Manila, 29, 76, 150
rat, in U. S. Army Commissary warehouse, Manila, 76
Prediction of plague extension from flea prevalence, 80
Plague prevalence, seasonal explanation of, 81
in Java, epidemiologic facts concerning, 82
Manila habitations and, 83
Tondo (Manila) habitations and, 83
cases, deception and concealment of, 94
commission, India, 100
Postmortem changes, in rats (Table), 105
in rats (illustration), 105
time of death of rats as indicated by, 104
Plan for household rat destruction, 111
Plague patients, bacteriologic examination of, 128
examination of fatal cases of (Table I), 130
of cases who recovered from (Table II), 131
commission, Austrian, 133
bacilli from circulating blood, recovering, 134
Plague bacilli, agglutination of, 134, 135
diagnosis, conclusions concerning blood culture in, 136
by blood sucking insects, transmission of, 137
among experimental animals, outbreak of (Manila), 139-145
outbreak among experimental animals, conclusions from observations
of (Manila), 146
observations on animals suspected of, 146-149
commission, German, 149
in Hong Kong, notes on, by Dr. Roberg, 153-160
in Hong Kong in 1914, abatement of, 160
feasibility of fighting successfully, 162
control, feasibility of Manila policy of, 162
cases (human), location of rat cadavers in relation to
(Manila), 162, 163
importance of rapid diagnosis of, 166
biologic diagnosis of, 167
a septicæmic disease in all cases, 170
symptomatology of, 171
Pathologic considerations, 172
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