| Description | Annotated copy of article reprinted from the Journal of the Medical Association of Eire, January 1949. Febrile diseases covered by Dr McSweeney in this article include diphtheria, scarlet fever, erysipelas, enteric fevers, lobar pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, meningococcal meningitis, tuberculous meningitis, whooping cough, puerperal sepsis, anterior poliomyelitis, and gastro-enteritis. |