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A Clinical Note on a Rapid Method of Diagnosing Bacillary Dysentery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

A. W. Pettit*
Affiliation:
Essex County Mental Hospital, Brentwood

Extract

The following method of rapidly establishing the diagnosis of Bacillary Dysentery has been used at this hospital for the past sixteen years. It is reliable and simple. The technique allows for the transfer of material direct from the infected person to the laboratory medium and obviates waiting for specimens of patients' excreta to become available.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1947 

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