The classic form of typhus, caused by RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII, which is transmitted from man to man by the louse Pediculus humanus corporis. This disease is characterized by the sudden onset of intense headache, malaise, and generalized myalgia followed by the formation of a macular skin eruption and vascular and neurologic disturbances.
    

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After the defeat of the White Army, a new white peril threatens Russia in the form of the typhus louse, against which the Red soldiers fight by washing themselves and their clothes vigorously. Colour lithograph, ca. 1921.

Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife)

An historic sketch of the causes, progress, extent, and mortality of the contagious fever epidemic in Ireland during the years 1817, 1818, and 1819 / [William Harty]  [Appendix].

The typhus louse, against which Russian citizens are urged to protect themselves by washing themselves and their clothes vigorously. Colour lithograph by Kaznacheev, 192-.

Lectures on the distinctive characters, pathology, and treatment of continued fevers, delivered at the Royal College of Physicians of London / by Alexander Tweedie.

A case of typhus or ship fever, with remarks / By Wm. Ingalls.

Essai sur le typhus, ou sur les fièvres dites malignes, putrides, bilieuses, muqueuses, jaune, la peste. Exposition analytique et expérimentale de la nature des fièvres en général ... / par J.F. Hernandez.

Om tyfusvakcination og serologiske metoder til bedømmelse av dens effekt / [Alexander Brekke].

Disputatio medica inauguralis, de typho ... / Eruditorum examini subjicit Jacobus Kirby, Hibernus.

Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne

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Lectures on the distinctive characters, pathology, and treatment of continued fevers, delivered at the Royal College of Physicians of London / by Alexander Tweedie.

A case of typhus or ship fever, with remarks / By Wm. Ingalls.

Essai sur le typhus, ou sur les fièvres dites malignes, putrides, bilieuses, muqueuses, jaune, la peste. Exposition analytique et expérimentale de la nature des fièvres en général ... / par J.F. Hernandez.

Om tyfusvakcination og serologiske metoder til bedømmelse av dens effekt / [Alexander Brekke].

Disputatio medica inauguralis, de typho ... / Eruditorum examini subjicit Jacobus Kirby, Hibernus.