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Cats and Human Diphtheria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

William G. Savage
William G. Savage
Affiliation:
County Medical Officer of Health, Somerset.
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It is a widely accepted belief amongst medical men, particularly those who are Medical Officers of Health, that cats may suffer from diphtheria and convey it to human cases and that they are a not uncommon source of infection. It is of considerable practical importance to determine to what extent this belief is based upon reliable scientific data or whether it is another of those opinions, still far too prevalent, which arise from the acceptance of insufficiently tested and incorrectly interpreted observations.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , February 1920 , pp. 448 - 462
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1920

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