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From the Proctologic Department and the Laboratories, the Elgin State Hospital.
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Block, L.H., Simon, A. An epidemic of bacillary dysentery in the elgin state hospital. American Journal of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 3, 305–310 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999233
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