BLACKWATER FEVER: A CLINICAL REVIEW OF FIFTY-TWO CASES
Authors: M. Fernán-Núñez
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1936)

Article1 March 1936BLACKWATER FEVER: A CLINICAL REVIEW OF FIFTY-TWO CASESM. FERNÁN-NÚÑEZ, M.D.M. FERNÁN-NÚÑEZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-9-1203 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe conquest of the diseases of the tropics by modern medicine has been one of the most dramatic applications of science during the progress of civilization. The causative agent of practically every tropical disease has been discovered and an effective sanitary protection and specific treatment provided against each one.The population pressures and economic difficulties of life in the more crowded countries of the world demand that the fertile and sparsely peopled tropical lands be made available for settlement. In the tropics there still remains one major disease, hemoglobinuric fever, which is the terror of the white man. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: (Madrid)Milwaukee, Wisconsin*Received for publication November 23, 1935. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHematologic problems in immigrants from Southeast AsiaSerologie und Klinik der autoimmunhämolytischen ErkrankungenProtozoenkrankheitenChronic hemolytic anemia with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuriaBlackwater fever anuria 1 March 1936Volume 9, Issue 9Page: 1203-1212KeywordsFeversHemoglobinTropical diseases Issue Published: 1 March 1936 PDF downloadLoading ...