Title: War Surgery and Medicine

Author: Stout, T. Duncan M.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1954, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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Amoebae

In Italy, during treatment of hepatitis, it was found that many cases had persistent diarrhoea. On investigation this was found to be due to amoebic infection, no doubt introduced by the fly as was the virus of infective hepatitis.