伤寒是肠胃传染病的一种,又叫肠热症。这种病多发生在夏秋季节,是由伤寒桿菌传染的,人们如果吃了不清洁的饮食,将伤寒桿菌带到肚子里去,就要得伤寒病。得了这种病的人,热度一天比一天高,浑身酸痛无力,不爱吃饭。发病後的第二星期,热度能烧到三十九度到四十度之间,病人神智恍惚,说胡话,胸前和腹部皮肤出现淡红色的小疹子,全身由於高热出汗,皮肤还可能出透明的小水泡,叫做汗疹。病到第三星期,病况更加严重,并可能併发别的病症,首先可能大 Typhoid is a type of gastro-intestinal infection, also known as intestinal fever. This disease occurs in summer and autumn. It is transmitted by typhoid bacillus. If people eat an unclean diet and bring typhoid fever into their stomach, they must get typhoid fever. Those who got this disease had a high fever every day. They were sore and unable to eat. In the second week after the onset of illness, the heat burned between thirty-forty and forty degrees. The patient was paralyzed, nonsense, a pale red rash on the chest and abdomen, and the skin may be sweating due to high heat. Transparent blisters are called sweat rashes. In the third week of illness, the condition is more serious and may be complicated by other illnesses. It may be large at first.