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JAPANESE RIVER FEVER
and slight enlargement of the mesenteric and superficial lymphatic glands, no noteworthy lesions have been described.
Treatment.— On the supposition that the disease is introduced by an insect, or through a wound of some sort, care should be exercised by those engaged in hemp culture in the endemic district to protect and keep clean the skin, especially that about the genitals and armpits. There is no specific remedy for the disease; treatment must therefore be conducted on general principles.
