Open AccessAN EPIDEMIC OF PNEUMONIC PLAGUE
Author(s) -
W. H. Kellogg
Publication year - 1920
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.10.7.599
Subject(s) - plague (disease) , apathy , certainty , disease , medicine , environmental health , criminology , psychology , pathology , philosophy , epistemology
Dr. Kellogg calls on health authorities to wake from their apathy with reference to plague in California, and instead of restrictive measures to adopt an aggressive warfare. He points out that there is real danger to the country and urges adequate appropriations to exterminate the animal disease carriers while this may be done with certainty.