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قراءة كتاب Plague Its Cause and the Manner of its Extension—Its Menace—Its Control and Suppression—Its Diagnosis and Treatment
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Plague Its Cause and the Manner of its Extension—Its Menace—Its Control and Suppression—Its Diagnosis and Treatment
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PLAGUE
PLAGUE
ITS CAUSE AND THE MANNER OF ITS EXTENSION—ITS MENACE—ITS CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION—ITS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
BY
THOMAS WRIGHT JACKSON, M.D.
MEMBER AMERICAN RED CROSS SANITARY COMMISSION TO SERBIA, 1915; LATELY CAPTAIN AND ASSISTANT SURGEON, U. S. VOLUNTEERS; LATELY LECTURER ON TROPICAL DISEASES, JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE; MEMBER OF MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; AUTHOR OF A TEXT BOOK ON TROPICAL MEDICINE; DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY FOR 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 MEDICAL RESEARCH, MY FRIEND, COLLEAGUE AND COMRADE DURING STRENUOUS DAYS IN SERBIA.
CONTENTS
| 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 at Quarantine—Clinical Description of Two Cases at Quarantine—Inauguration of the Manila Epidemic—Directed to Take Charge of Plague Suppression in Manila—Plague Fighting Organization—Method of Rat Proofing and Rat Destruction—Correspondence Between Dr. Jackson and Dr. Heiser, Director of Public Health—Observations on Fleas and Their Habits—Conditions of Habitations in Manila Favoring Rat Multiplication and Spread of Plague—Comparative Statistics on Methods of Catching Rats—The Natural Enemies of the Flea—Zoölogic Classification of Rats—A Collection of Notes Concerning Rat Runs, Rat Nests, Multiple House Infections and Other Data—Sample of Detailed Orders Issued Regarding Rat Extermination—Method of Procedure of Collecting and Forwarding Rats Suspected of Plague Infection to Laboratory—Memoranda in Plague Cases—Letter of Warning and Appeal for Coöperation—Bacteriologic Observations made During the Manila Plague Epidemic, by Dr. Otto Schöbl—Notes Concerning the Bubonic Plague in Hong Kong, by Dr. David Roberg. | ||
| CHAPTER IV | ||
| Its Diagnosis and Treatment | 165 | |
| Biologic Diagnosis—Necessity for Trained Bacteriologist—Bacteriologic Procedure—Non-Biologic Diagnosis—Symptomatology—Pathologic Considerations—Treatment, Conditions and Prognosis—Serum Treatment—Symptomatic Treatment—Statistical Studies in Mortality—Dosage and Technique of Serum Administration—Prophylactic Serum and Anaphylaxis—Plague Vaccines. | ||
ILLUSTRATIONS
| page | |
| Rat-Proof Structure | 48 |
| Cleaning and Rat-Proofing in Basement | 69 |
| Bamboo House Supports not Sealed with Cement | 86 |
| Materials Must be Moved About in the Search for Rats | 93 |
| A Rat-Infested Plague Interior | 95 |
| Progressive Post-mortem Changes in Rat Cadavers | 105 |
| Plague House | 116 |
| Bamboo House Supports Sealed with Cement | |