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