The Medical Department of the United States Army
in the World War

Volume IX
Communicable and Other Diseases


Prepared Under the Direction of
Maj. Gen. M.W. Ireland
The Surgeon General
by
Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Siler, M.C., U.S. Army


Washington : U.S. Government Printing Office : 1928


Table of Contents

  Page
Preface   5
Chapter I. Typhoid and the paratyphoid fevers. By Lieut. Col. Josephh F. Siler, M.C., and Maj. John S. Lambie, jr., M.C. 15
II. Inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract (bronchitis; influenza; bronchopneumonia; lobar pneumonia). By Maj. Milton W. Hall, M.C. 61
III. Tuberculosis. By Col. George E. Bushnell, M.C. 171
IV. Cerebrospinal meningitis. By Maj. Jamese S. Simmons, M.C., and maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C. 203
V. Anthrax. By Maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C. 223
VI. Diphtheria. By Maj. John W. Meehan, M.C., and Maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C. 233
VII. The venereal diseases. By Maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C. 263
VIII. The diarrheal group of diseases. By Maj. Milton W. Halal, M.C., and Maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C. 311
IX. Smallpox. By Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Siler, M.C., and Maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C. 357
X. Chicken-pox. By Maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C. 387
XI. Scarlet fever. By Maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C. 391
XII. Measles. By Maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C., and maj. George E. Lull, M.C. 409
XIII. Mumps. By Maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C. 357
XIV. German measles. By Maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C. 463
XV. Encephalitis lethargica. By Maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C. 473
XVI. Infections jaundice; typhus fever, trench fever. By Maj. Arthur N. Tasker, M.C. 483
XVII. Vincent's disease. By Maj. Henry C. Michie, M.C. 493
XVIII. The malarial fevers. By Lieut. Col. Charles F. Craig, M.C. 511
XIX. Intestinal parasites. By Maj. Charles A. Kofoid, S.C. 529
XX. Diseases of the skin. By Maj. Arthur N. Tasker, M.C. 551
XXI. Neurocirculatory asthenia. By Col. Harlow Brooks, M.C. 559
XXII. decisions as to whether or not disabilities were in line of duty. By Col. Weston P. Chamberlain, M.C. 587
Index 611

  Illustrations  
. 3
  Charts  
. 3
  Maps  
. 3




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