Chapter IV: Its Diagnosis and Treatment 165

Biologic Diagnosis--Necessity for Trained
Bacteriologist--Bacteriologic Procedure--Non-Biologic
Diagnosis--Symptomatology--Pathologic Considerations--Treatment,
Conditions and Prognosis--Serum Treatment--Symptomatic
Treatment--Statistical Studies in Mortality--Dosage and
Technique of Serum Administration--Prophylactic Serum and
Anaphylaxis--Plague Vaccines.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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RAT-PROOF STRUCTURE 48 CLEANING AND RAT-PROOFING IN BASEMENT 69 BAMBOO HOUSE SUPPORTS NOT SEALED WITH CEMENT 86 MATERIALS MUST BE MOVED ABOUT IN THE SEARCH FOR RATS 93 A RAT-INFESTED PLAGUE INTERIOR 95 PROGRESSIVE POST-MORTEM CHANGES IN RAT CADAVERS 105 PLAGUE HOUSE 116 BAMBOO HOUSE SUPPORTS SEALED WITH CEMENT 119 VIEW OF HOUSE WHERE INFECTED RATS WERE FOUND 120 ANIMAL HOUSE 144

PLAGUE

ITS CAUSE AND THE MANNER OF ITS EXTENSION--ITS MENACE--ITS
CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION--ITS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT