La Louisiane stretched from the mouth of the Mississippi River to present-day Canada, and approximately covered the present-day U.S. states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Typhoid fever is contracted by drinking or eating the bacteria in contaminated food or water. People with acute illness can contaminate the surrounding water supply through stool, which contains a high concentration of the bacteria. Contamination of the water supply can, in turn, taint the food supply.
1 Wrong dietary habits and faulty lifestyle lead to accumulation of toxic waste in the body and promotes typhoid fever. 2  Typhoid is common in people who eat more meat and meat products. 3  Complete bed rest is essential.  Patient should be kept on a liquid diet of orange, barley juice and milk.