Download or read book Contributions From the Department of Pathology and Bacteriology, College of Medicine, Vol. 1 written by Iowa University College of Medicine and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Contributions From the Department of Pathology and Bacteriology, College of Medicine, Vol. 1: Including the Bacteriological Laboratory of the State Board of Health History OF epidemic - During the month of October, 1907, an outbreak Of trichinosis afiecting fourteen persons oc curred at Grinnell, Iowa. Thirteen of these were students at Iowa College located in that city. The infection occurred from the eating of. Boiled ham in one of the clubs and at one of the res taurants. The ham in all cases was Obtained from the same packing house and represented meat which had been inspected. Ten of the cases occurred among the students at one boarding club, three were young women students who in company with three others partook of ham sandwiches at a local restaurant, and one was a young man (not a student) who Obtained ham at the same place. Most of the cases were diagnosed as trichinosis very soon after the beginning of the symptoms. The occurrence Of so many cases among the members Of the boarding house; the eating of boiled ham together with the rather characteristic symptoms made the diagnosis comparatively easy. Some of the cases were considered as typhoid, one as rheumatism, and one as a disease of the eyes, until the diagnosis became very evident as determined by an examination Of the blood. The accompanying chart presents in tabulated form the im portant data of most of the cases. 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.