Davis County Clipper | 1938-11-18 | Page 7 | Undulant Fever

Undulant Fever Undulant fever originated In Eu 1 Eu 1 rope according to an authority and i came to the attention of medical men during the Crimean war when army physicians had trouble distinguishing dis- dis it from typhoid Its name describes the up and down char- char character character f facter acter of the victims victim's temperature It is also called Malta fever be be- because because t cause of the experimental work car- car carried carried ried Tied on on the island of Malta where British soldiers contracted it from goats But as pointed out the dis- dis disease disease ease in humans runs the fhe same course regardless of whether the in- in Infection infection comes from cattle goats or swine