Glasgow Medical Journal Volume 39

Author : Glasgow and West of Scotland Medical Association
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330105290
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Glasgow Medical Journal, 1912 written by Glasgow and West of Scotland Medical Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Glasgow Medical Journal, 1912, Vol. 39 When they came to be investigated, it was found that they represented seven cases in six families, all of which were customers of the dairy in question. We had thus in the three days 4th, 5th, and 6th August, ten cases of scarlet fever in the southern district, all using the same purveyor's milk, and seven of them had come to our knowledge on the last of the days mentioned. Although there had been, during the previous weeks, an upward movement in the number of cases of scarlet fever occurring throughout the city generally, it was sufficiently evident that, in this instance, we were in the presence of a stream of infection which was more than usually active, and was also, from the rapid increase in the numbers attacked within a limited area, probably concentrated. Accordingly, written intimation was at once made to the proprietor of the dairy in question that a number of his customers were being attacked by scarlet fever, and with this was coupled the request that he should furnish us with the source and distribution of his supply. Following this communication events were rapid in their development. The accumulated notifications delivered in course of post between the evening of Saturday, 6th, and morning of Monday, the 8th August, applicable to this district, and with reference to scarlet fever alone, numbered between 6(1- and-70. It was now manifest that an explosion of some considerable magnitude had occurred, and almost coincidently we learned that the immediate cause thereof had been discovered, and further injury averted. It remained, therefore, for us to ascertain the extent of the mischief already done, and to enquire whether the source of the outbreak could be traced. But, before answering either of these questions, it will be well to relate what transpired at an interview with the purveyor of the milk in question on the morning of 8th current; for, as will be seen, it was owing to his rapid apprehension of the bearing of the queries contained in our communication to him of the 6th August, already referred to, and the prompt action which followed the enquiries he thereupon made, that the outbreak was quelled almost in its incipiency. When the carts delivering the supply of milk to the dairy arrived on the morning of 7th August, he made enquiry at those in charge as to the health of the inmates of the farms from which they came, and, later in the day, he visited the farms, and in the family of one of them found that one member had sickened of scarlet fever on the evening of 4th August. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.