Bacillary dysentery in North West Europe: clinical survey and bacteriological study

MacLeod, George (1919) Bacillary dysentery in North West Europe: clinical survey and bacteriological study. MD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

An inflammatory disease, primarily of the large intestine, characterized by acute onset with general malaise and diarrhea of varying severity, the frequent fluid stools, which are accompanied by abdominal pain, griping and tenesmus, containing at some stage of the illness inflammatory products from the intestinal mucosa. It is a contagious disease occurring in sporadic, endemic and epidemic form and is caused by two main types of micro- organism.

• Item Type: Thesis (MD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Keywords: Medicine, epidemiology.
• Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
• Colleges/Schools: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences
• Date of Award: 1919
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1919-80970
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2024 14:45
• Last Modified: 23 Apr 2025 15:44
• Thesis DOI: 10.5525/gla.thesis.80970
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/80970