Typhus in the Central Mediterranean Force--I

Nursing typhus victims in the Second World War, 1942–1944: a discussion paper

“…It is not known why or how this mistake in his paper was made. Furthermore, Lieutenant‐Colonel Chalke () described the ‘wholehearted co‐operation of the British and American medical services’ (p. 700), whereas W H Crichton, who took over as Colonel, Public Health and Welfare, stated that ‘everything A.M.G. [Allied Military Government] required to fight the epidemic in those early December weeks had to be begged for, or borrowed (with difficulty) or even stolen!’ (Crichton , p. 996).…”