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Excerpt from Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol. 24 The 2,344 cases of pneumonia and the various complications at the base hospital at Camp Bowie may be grouped into three periods. Period 1. - From the opening of the base hospital, Sept. 24, 1917, to Jan.1, 1918: During this period occurred an epidemic of measles, with a large incidence of pneumonia, followed by numerous serious complications and a high death rate. Period 2. - From Jan.1, to Sept.27, 1918: The first three and a half months of this period continued to show a high incidence of pneumonia, though the number and severity of the complications was not as great as in Period 1. From April 15 to September 27 was a comparatively quiet period. Period 3. - From Sept.28, 1918, to Jan.1, 1919: This period included a very high incidence of influenza and a high percentage of pneumonia. In contrast to the pneumonia of 1917, there were comparatively few complications, and these were of a less virulent type. Period 1 There were 3,624 cases of measles during Period 1 (Chart1). In addition to the measles there was a widespread infection of the upper respiratory tract throughout the camp. There were 973 cases of pneumonia, and in only 363 of these could we obtain a history of measles within a month preceding the development of the pneumonia. During the epidemic there may have been in camp a number of cases of abortive measles, unrecognized at the time, in which pneumonia developed later. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.