Observations on an Epidemic of Infective Hepatitis in Germany, June-December, 1945

Hebbert, F. J (1947) Observations on an Epidemic of Infective Hepatitis in Germany, June-December, 1945. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

1. An account is given of certain important descriptions of epidemics before and during the recent war, and of observations made with regard to them, 2. Recent work on the nature of the infective agent and of trans- mission experiments is described, 3. An epidemic among troops on occupation duties in Germany is described and its features discussed. 4. Some suggestions are made regarding prevention of infective hepatitis in units, based on aspects of recent work. This includes the superchlorination of water supplies, and general hygiene measures, the avoidance of blood spread, the early recognition of pre-icteric cases by urine examinations, and immunization with gamma globulin.

• Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Keywords: Medicine, Epidemiology
• Date of Award: 1947
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1947-79635
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2020 16:21
• Last Modified: 04 Mar 2020 16:21
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/79635