On typhoid fever / by William Thomson.

  • William Thomson
Date:
1874
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Credit: On typhoid fever / by William Thomson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    ADDENDUM. The Author of this Report on Typhoid Fever is to some extent gratified by the fact, that, although the Central Board of Health say, in their official commentaries upon his report, that they are unable wholly to agree with the contagion theory advocated, they yet have nevertheless adopted his practical suggestions, so far as to have issued, in their first stage of persuasion, the following Circular to all medical men and local boards of health in the colony. Time and further study will doubtless bring conviction. [Circular.] Central Board of Health, Melbourne, 20th January, 1S75. Memorandum. Adverting to the inquiry which the Central Board of Health recently caused to be made with respect to the prevalence of typhoid fever in this colony, the result of which inquiry is published in the Board's Fifteenth Report, the Board now desire to draw the attention of the medical practitioners of the colony to the subject, and