Artigo Acesso aberto

Recuerdo histórico y comentario sobre "la epidemia tifoidea de la isla de Huar: Provincia de Llanquihue"

2010; SciELO; Volume: 27; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4067/s0716-10182010000700013

ISSN

0717-6341

Autores

Enrique Laval R,

Tópico(s)

Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America

Resumo

An article by Dr. Carlos Martin in the first published number of the Revista Médica de Chile (1872-73) journal is remembered and commented. It describes an outbreak in Huar Island in Seno de Reloncavi, an estuary located in the Los Lagos Region in Chile, named "typhoid epidemic". The clinical characteristics are presented and two types of diseases are deducted: acute respiratory infections and typhoid fever.

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