Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930): Physician during the typhoid epidemic in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)

Journal of Medical Biography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-8

  Cirillo, Vincent J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Almroth Wright; Arthur Conan Doyle; Dr Joseph Bell; Dr William Budd; John L Langman; Langman Hospital; Portland hospital; Sherlock Holmes; Winston Churchill

Indexed keywords

TYPHOID PARATYPHOID VACCINE;

ALMROTH WRIGHT; ART; ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE; ARTICLE; DR JOSEPH BELL; DR WILLIAM BUDD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; JOHN L LANGMAN; LANGMAN HOSPITAL; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PORTLAND HOSPITAL; SHERLOCK HOLMES; SOLDIER; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR; WINSTON CHURCHILL;

ALMROTH WRIGHT; ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE; DR JOSEPH BELL; DR WILLIAM BUDD; JOHN L LANGMAN; LANGMAN HOSPITAL; PORTLAND HOSPITAL; SHERLOCK HOLMES; WINSTON CHURCHILL;

EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TYPHOID FEVER; TYPHOID-PARATYPHOID VACCINES; WAR;

EID: 84901432942     PISSN: 09677720     EISSN: 17581087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967772013493239     Document Type: Article

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