Word: typhoidal
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...entire Great Lakes system (excepting Lake Superior). Lately, with the Chicago-Gulf project pending in the Senate, the Chicago Tribune, has served its public by returning the insult, showing that Detroit "spews," that Toledo "defiles," that Cleveland pollutes and lies about it, that Erie, Buffalo and Toronto foster typhoid...
...Albany, N. Y., during the spring of 1924, 200 persons contracted typhoid fever from drinking polluted city water, among them the young son of one John Weisner. He sued the city for $3,000 damages on the principle that the municipality was negligent in not giving timely and sufficient warning against dangerous drinking water. Last month, he won the suit...
Teeth. "Decay of the teeth is prevalent in 80% to 85% of the people. . . . After rigid investigation we have definitely concluded that the decay of the teeth is specific infection, just as specific as tuberculosis or typhoid fever. Cleaning the teeth will not prevent decay, but will lessen the possibility of it. Decay is accentuated chiefly by the excessive eating of sugar," said Professor Russell W. Bunting of Michigan University before the same meeting...
Before enrollment in the program a satisfactory physical examination will be required. An annual physical examination, preferably at the beginning of the academic year, will be held for the enrolled students. Vaccinations for typhoid fever and smallpox are required before the student is admitted to a training camp or to a naval vessel for a cruise. These may be accepted at the time of the physical examination for enrollment in the program and may be made by the examining surgeon...
...cause is still obscure. One influence may be the fading of the anti-typhoid vaccine given the War troops in 1917 and 1918. This vaccine was presumed to be efficacious for about seven years. Also an uninoculated group of males has grown up since the War. Then too early in 1925 there was a mild epidemic of this fever caused by infected oysters; this source was quickly shut off. The fever may be borne by water or milk; but in the large cities the water supplies seem to have been well guarded, the milk supplies too for the most part...