Salmonellosis and Shigellosis

Editorials1 December 1962Salmonellosis and ShigellosisWILLIAM R. MCCABE, M.D.WILLIAM R. MCCABE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-6-1043 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHerodotus*records the disastrous effects of dysentery on Xerxes' army during the retreat to Persia after the naval engagement at Salamis in 480 B.C. Similarly, clinical material recorded by Hippocrates suggests that he observed both bacillary dysentery and typhoid, and although the latter was not differentiated clinically until the nineteenth century, the death of Alexander of Macedonia has even been attributed to typhoid (1). These records leave little doubt that both salmonellosis and shigellosis can be dated to antiquity. 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