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The contributions of James Carmichael Smyth, Archibald Menzies and Robert Jackson to the treatment of typhus in royal naval vessels in the late 18th century
In late 18th century Britain, typhus fever plagued the mass mobilisation of soldiers and posed a significant challenge to physicians of the time. Epidemic typhus was spread through highly infectious faeces of infected lice and carried a high mortality in patients and healthcare staff alike. Physicia...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9923198/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33641510 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0967772021994560 |