Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses . FULLY —BED DRESSING A Synopsis of Important Diseases 723 not running a high temperature, the doctor usuallywishes him to have exercise, but he must not beallowed to over-exert himself and become tired. Typhoid Fever (Enteric Fever) Etiology.—Typhoid fever is an infectious diseasecaused by a germ called Elberths bacillus typho-sus. In autopsy it has been found in the lymphoidtissue of the intestines, the mesenteric glands, thespleen, liver, and kidneys. Infection is by mouth. Typhoid can be transmittedby anything that has come in conta
Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses . FULLY —BED DRESSING A Synopsis of Important Diseases 723 not running a high temperature, the doctor usuallywishes him to have exercise, but he must not beallowed to over-exert himself and become tired. Typhoid Fever (Enteric Fever) Etiology.—Typhoid fever is an infectious diseasecaused by a germ called Elberths bacillus typho-sus. In autopsy it has been found in the lymphoidtissue of the intestines, the mesenteric glands, thespleen, liver, and kidneys. Infection is by mouth. Typhoid can be transmittedby anything that has come in contact with any ofthe discharges containing the germ, provided theobject has not been properly disinfected. Lesions.—The principal seat of inflammation isthe ileum, particularly that portion in which theglands of Peyer (Peyers patches) are symptoms that occur during the disease, however,are due, not to the process going on in the intestine,but to the toxins elaborated by the bacteria. Incubation.—The period of incubation is
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