13,000 TOURISTS UNABLE TO LEAVE. ENJOYING EXTENDED APRES-SKI LIFE.
55 YEARS AGO IN APRIL 1963 ZERMATT HAD EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID DUE TO CRACKS IN SEWAGE PIPE CLOSE TO CRACK IN WATER SUPPLY PIPE.
( COMMENT: FAMOUS CASE OF NURSE WITH SWINGING FEVER AT ROYAL HAMMERSMITH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL. PUO DIAGNOSIS UNTIL A VISITING DOCTOR FROM A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY RECOGNISED THE STEP FEVER PATTERN AND ASKED THE CONSULTANT WHETHER THE NURSE HAD TYPHOID. PROBLEM SOLVED TO GREAT CLINICAL LOSS OF FACE.BY ENGLAND'S TOP ACADEMIC HOSPITAL. STORY CIRCULATED VERBALLY AROUND LONDON. HAVE NEVER SEEN A REPORT. )
