APPENDICITIS AT CAMP LOGAN AS A SEQUEL TO INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA

It is well known that the occurrence of several cases of acute appendicitis in rapid succession in a small community, typically in a boarding school or similar institution, is commonly in association with an epidemic affecting the respiratory tract. Most commonly we find streptococcic sore throat as the precedent disease, but not infrequently an epidemic of severe colds. Several such outbreaks have come under our observation. The studies of Rosenow are of special interest in this connection.

The increased number of cases of acute appendicitis requiring operation at Camp Logan since the recent respiratory epidemic has therefore attracted our attention. It is only fair to say at the start that the management of the medical service has been in the same hands since the opening of the hospital. The two chiefs of surgery, Major J. H. Blackburn and Major F. G. Dyas, have worked in closest cooperation with the chief