Volume 3

Reports of the commission appointed by the Admiralty, the War Office, and the civil government of Malta, for the Investigation of Mediterranean Fever / under the supervision of an Advisory Committee of the Royal Society.

Date:
1905-1907
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Credit: Reports of the commission appointed by the Admiralty, the War Office, and the civil government of Malta, for the Investigation of Mediterranean Fever / under the supervision of an Advisory Committee of the Royal Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS. Introduction. By Col. D. Befce, C.B., F.R.S., R.A.M.C. p I. On a Quantitative Bacteriological Examination of the Blood of 103 Mediterranean Fever Patients. By Staff-Surgeon E. A. Shaw, R.N., Member Mediterranean Fever Commission, Malta II. On the Infectivity of the Skin, Breath, and Sweat of Mediterranean Fever Patients. By Staff-Surgeon E. A. Shavt, R.N., Member Mediterranean Fever Commission, Malta III. On the Vitality of the Micrococcus melitensis outside the Body in differentEnvironments. By Staff-Surgeon E, A. Shaw, R.N., Member Mediterranean Fever Commission, Malta 43 IV. On the Recovery of Micrococcus melitensis from the Urine of Mediter- ranean Fever Patients. By J. Ceawfokd Kennedy, Capt. R.A.M.C, Member Mediterranean Fever Commission, Malta 56 V. On the Vitality of Micrococcus melitensis in Urine (in which it has been excreted), on Cloth, in Dust, Sterile Tap Water, and Sterile Milk. By J. Ceawfobd Kennedy, Capt. R.A.M.C, Member Mediterranean Fever Commission, Malta 71 VI. A Preliminary Note on the Examination of the Blood of Coats suffering from Mediterranean Fever. By Dr. T. Zammit, Member Mediter- ranean Fever Commission, Malta 83 VII. Preliminary Note on Coats as a Means of Propagation of Mediterranean Fever. By Major W. H. Hobeocks, R.A.M.C, Member Mediter- ranean Fever Commission, Malta 84 VIII. Examination of Coats' Blood for Reaction to Mediterranean Fever. By J. Ceawfoed Kennedy, Capt. R.A.M.C, Member Mediterranean Fever Commission, Malta 91 ^ IX. Results of Examinations for the Isolation of Micrococcus melitensis from the Blood, Urine, and Sputum of Cases Infected with Mediterranean Fever in Haslar Hospital. By P. W. Bassett- Smith, Fleet-Surgeon, Haslar 95