Volume 1

Report on the origin and spread of typhoid fever in U.S. military camps during the Spanish War of 1898 / by Walter Reed, Victor C. Vaughan and Edward O. Shakespeare.

  • Walter Reed
Date:
1904
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Credit: Report on the origin and spread of typhoid fever in U.S. military camps during the Spanish War of 1898 / by Walter Reed, Victor C. Vaughan and Edward O. Shakespeare. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 181. Company B: Remittent malaria, October 22; sent to general hospital October 22. No. 182. Staff: Remittent malaria, October 22; sent to general hospital at Ponce October 27. Here the disease was diagnosed typhoid fever, and the patient was still sick October 31. No. 183. Company I: Remittent malaria October 24; sent to general hospital at Ponce October 26. No. 184. Company L: Intermittent malaria, October 24; sent to officers' hospital at Ponce October 25. No. 185. Company C: Remittent malaria, October 25; sent to general hospital at Ponce October 27. No. 186. Company C: Typhoid fever, October 25; sent to general hospital at Ponce October 27. No. 187. Company I: Diarrhea, October 25; sent to general hos- pital at Ponce October 28; sent to Fortress Monroe November 2(3. Here the disease was diagnosed typhoid fever, and the patient was discharged December 29. No. 188. Company G: Remittent malaria, October 25; sent to San Juan October 27. No. 189. Company L: Remittent malaria, r)ctober 26; still sick November 30. No. 190. Company I: Remittent malaria, October 27; sent to general hospital at Ponce October 28. No. 191. Company K: Remittent malaria, October 28; sent to general hospital at Ponce October 28. No. 192. Company B: Intermittent malaria, October 29; still sick November 30. No. 193. Company I: Intermittent malaria, October30; still sick November 30. No. 194. Company I: Diarrhea, October 31; still sick Novem- ber 30. No. 195. Company L: Remittent malaria, October 31; still sick November 30. No. 196. Company B; Remittent malaria, November 1 to 24. No. 197. Company C: Remittent malaria, November 1 to 23. No. 198. Company K: Intermittent malaria, November 1 to 13. No. 199. Company C: Intermittent malaria, November 1; sent home on hospital ship Berlin November 1. No. 200. Company A: Remittent malaria, November 1; sent home on hospital ship Berlin November 1. No. 201. Company B: Typhoid fever, November 1; senthf)meon hospital ship Berlin November 1. No. 202. CompanyA: Remittent malaria, Novemberl; senthome on hospital ship Berlin November 1. No. 203. CompanyC: Remittent malaria, Nox ember 1; senthome on hospital ship Berlin November 1. No. 204. Company K: Diarrhea, November 2; sent to general hospital at Ponce November 7. No. 205. Company L: Diarrhea, November 2 to 17. No. 206. Company D: Diarrhea, November 3; sent to general hospital at Pmice November 7; sent to Philadelphia November 26. Here the diagnosis was changed to malaria, and the patient was still sick December 10. No. 207. Company H: Intermittent malaria, November 11; sent to officers' hospital at Ponce without date. No. 208. Company C: Diarrhea, November 12 to 17. No. 209. Company H: Remittent malaria, November 17; seiittn general hospital at Ponce November 17. No. 210. Band: Remittent malaria, November 21; sent to general hospital at Ponce November 21. No. 211. Company K: Intermittent malaria, November 25; still sick November 30. No. 212. Band: Remittent malaria, November 26; sent to general hospital at Ponce November 26. No. 213. Company B: Intermittent malaria, November 28; still sick when the regiment left Porto Rico. No. 214. Company K: Intermittent malaria, November 28; still sick when the regiment left Porto Rico. No. 215. Company K: Remittent malaria, November 28; still sick when the regiment left Porto Rico. No. 216. C'ompany L: Remittent nialai-ia, Nnvendjer 2S; still sick when the regiment left Porto Rici i. No. 217. Company B: Intermittent nuilaila, Novenilipr 30; still sick when the regiment left Porto Ricn. No. 218. CompanyA: Intermittent malaria, December 1; sent to City Hospital at Louisville December 12. No. 219. Company not given: Intermittent malaria, DecemV)er 2; sent to City Hospital at Louisville December 12. No. 220. t!ompany G: Remittent malaria, December 2; sent to City Hospital at Louisville December 12. No. 221. Company E: Intermittent malaria, ])ecember 2; sent to City Hospital at Louisville December 12. No. 222. Company E: Intermittent malaria, December 2; sent to City Hospital at Louisville December 12. No. 223. Company I: Convalescing from typhoid fever, Decem- ber 4; disposition not given. No. 224. Company I: Intermittent njalaria, December 4; sent to City Hospital at Louisville December 12. No. 225. Company I: Intermittent malaria, December 5; sent to I City Hospital at Louisville December 13. No. 226. Company L: Intermittent inalaria, Decem})er 6; sent to City Hospital at Louisville December 12. No. 227. Company B: Intermittent malaria, December 8; sent to general hospital at Fortress Monroe December 10. j No. 228. Company M: Intermittent malaria, December 8; sent ' to Fortress Monroe December 10. I No. 229. Company B: Intermittent malaria, December 8; sent I to hospital at Fortress Monroe December 10. No. 230. Company A: Intermittent malaria, December 8; sent to general hospital at F(jrtress Monroe December 10. I No. 231. Company F: Remittent malaria, December 8; sent to j general hospital at Fortress Monroe December 10. I No. 232. Company M: Remittent malaria, December 10; sent to : general hospital at Fortress Monroe December 10. No. 233. Company C: Intermittent malaria, December 14; sent to City Hospital at Louisville December 14. No. 234. Company D: Intermittent malaria, December 14; sent to City Hospital at Louisville December 14. Besides the above, the following are cases from this regiment that were sent to hospitals in the United States ; and whose names do not appear on the records sent from Porto Rico: I No. 235. Company R: Typhoid fever, September 3; still sick I Octol:)er 14. No. 236. Compan}- M: Malaria, October 8; furloughed from Philadelphia October 19. No. 237. Company B: Malaria, August 30; discharged Septem- ber 18. No. 238. Company D: Malaria, October 5; still sick November 3. I No. 239. Band: Malaria, November 26; still sick December 10. 1 No. 240. Company F: Dysentery, November 26; discharged from ' hospital December 6. j Nn. 241. Company I: Malaria, October 26; still sick in hospital I October 31. No. 242. Company <i: .Malaria, October 25; still sick December 10. N(i. 243. Company M: ]\lalaria, October 5; furloughed from liospital October 19. No. 244. Company M: Malaria, October 5; still sick in hospital Novenil)er 3. No. 245. Company B: Malaria, August 30; still sick September 15. No. 246. Company H: Typhoid fever, October 23; still sick at Fortress Monroe December 10. No. 247. Company C: Typhoid fever, October 26; still sick at Fortress Monroe December 10. No. 248. Company C: Typhoid fever, October 27; still sick at Fortress Monroe December 10. No. 249. Company B: Typhoid fever, October 21; furloughed from Fortress ^lonroe December 4.