Word: typhoid
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When a mysterious epidemic breaks out in town Doc Bull is annoyed because it interferes with more interesting pursuits, such as his annual rattlesnake hunt. His old aunt tells him flatly it is typhoid fever: she knows it by the smell. Sure enough, she is right. And then, though the Doctor works like a bull to get the epidemic under control, his enemies go to work to put the blame on him. As Board of Health terrier he should have smelled out the rat that polluted the town's water supply. The "better element." cumulatively exasperated by Doc Bull...
...pretty sight are those dying or dead from cholera. The disease, like typhoid, attacks the bowels, causes stupendous loss of body fluids. The whole body becomes covered with dank moisture. Cheeks become hollow, noses pinched, eyes sunk, voices husky. Death's rigor sets in quickly. Muscles become literally hard as wood. Sometimes a stiffening corpse jerks about, may kick out a foot, wave an arm. flap its jaws, roll its eyes...
...from age and exposure. Symptoms appear in from two to 72 hours. There are severe gastric pains, headache, nausea. Vomiting will bring relief in mild cases, hence an emetic is the first treatment, followed by castor oil, epsom salts or an enema. In severe cases prolonged illness with typhoid-like symptoms may result...
There were 391 new cases of typhoid fever in the U. S. last week-45 in cities, the rest in rural districts. The previous week there were 215 new cases. The disease has become so comparatively rare in the U. S. that many an interne would have difficulty in recognizing the symptoms his textbooks describe. Thirty years ago estimates gave the U. S. 450,000 cases, 45,000 deaths. In 1925 there were about 150,000 cases, 15,000 deaths. The progressive improvement has been in great measure due to public health officers insistently damning and destroying the common house...
...spots of typhus fever and of typhoid fever often look alike and account for an ancient confusion of the two distinct diseases. There is a simple way to distinguish between the two. When pressed down by a piece of glass, typhoid spots disappear from sight completely. Typhus spots when similarly squeezed become pale but do not disappear...