ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER
Authors: George E. Baker
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 August 1942ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVERGEORGE E. BAKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.GEORGE E. BAKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-2-247 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRocky Mountain Spotted Fever was considered for many years to be a medical curiosity existent only in the Rocky Mountain states and portions of adjacent areas. In 1931 the disease was first proved to be present in other sections of the country, far removed from its supposed locale. Previously, competent physicians from time to time had insisted that they were seeing cases of tick fever in these latter areas, but little credence was given their contentions, it being assumed that they were confusing the disease with typhus fever because of its similar clinical manifestations. 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WHEDON E: Spencer-Parker vaccine and its use in Sheridan County, Wyoming, Colorado Med., 1935, xxxii, 228. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Casper, Wyoming*Received for publication February 21, 1942.The writer wishes to express his appreciation to Dr. R. R. Spencer formerly of, and Drs. R. R. Parker and G. E. Davis, of The Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, as well as to others for the loan of material and helpful suggestions, materially assisting him in the preparation of this article. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRocky Mountain Spotted FeverPenicillin in Experimental Spotted FeverRocky Mountain Spotted Fever 1 August 1942Volume 17, Issue 2Page: 247-269KeywordsFeversRocky Mountain spotted feverTicksTyphus ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...