THE CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE OF LEPROSY WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR A SIMPLIFICATION OF BOTH
Authors: Harry L. Arnold, Irvin L. Tilden
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Article1 July 1945THE CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE OF LEPROSY WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR A SIMPLIFICATION OF BOTHHARRY L. ARNOLD JR., M.D., IRVIN L. TILDEN, M.D.HARRY L. ARNOLD JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, IRVIN L. TILDEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-23-1-65 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe classification of leprosy has had two almost wholly independent origins, one largely clinical, the other largely biological, and both in part bacteriological. The two have never been reconciled with each other, principally because the clinical leprologists and the dermatological leprologists have never learned to speak one another's language. This linguistic barrier is a remarkable one, the importance of which has not been fully appreciated. It has frequently stood, not only between these two different groups of students of leprosy, but also between the clinical leprologists and their own understanding of the disease.In an attempt to remove this barrier,...Bibliography1. MORROW PA: Leprosy, in A system of genito-urinary diseases, syphilology, and dermatology, 1894, Appleton, New York, iii. Google Scholar2. STELWAGON H: Treatise on diseases of the skin, ed. 6, 1910, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia. Google Scholar3. ORMSBY OS: A practical treatise on diseases of the skin, ed. 5, 1937, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar4. BATEMAN T: A practical synopsis of cutaneous diseases, ed. 5, 1818, Collins & Croft, Philadelphia. Google Scholar5. Report of the Leonard Wood Memorial Conference on Leprosy, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1934, ii, 329. Google Scholar6. Reports of the International Congress of Leprosy Held in Cairo, March, 1938, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1938, vi, 389. Google Scholar7. WADE HW: A proposed revision of the Memorial Conference classification of Leprosy, Am. Jr. Trop. Med., 1937, xvii, 773. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. WADERODRIGUEZ HWJN: Borderline tuberculoid leprosy, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1940, viii, 307. WADE, H. W., and RODRIGUEZ, J. N.: The skin lesions of neural leprosy. II. Observations in Cebu, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1937, v, 1-30. WADE, H. W., and FRASER, N. D.: The skin lesions of neural leprosy. III. Observations in China, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1937, v, 285-308. WADE, H. W., COCHRANE, R. G., and RAJ, M. P.: The skin lesions of neural leprosy. IV. Observations in Madras, South India, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1937, v, 437-462. WADE, H. W., DE SIMON, D. S., and FERNANDO, A. C.: The skin lesions of neural leprosy. V. Observations in Ceylon, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1938, vi, 199-222. Google Scholar9. LOWE J: A study of macules in nerve leprosy with particular reference to the "tuberculoid" macule, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1937, v, 181-197. Google Scholar10. STEIN AA: Tuberculoid changes in leprosy, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1940, viii, 41. Google Scholar11. SAUNDERSGIFFEN GMHK: The skin lesions of neural leprosy in the Virgin Islands of the United States, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1942, x, 38. Google Scholar12. ERMAKOVA N: The histopathology of simple leprids, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1939, vii, 495. Google Scholar13. JADASSOHN J, cited by WADE.14 Google Scholar14. WADE HW: The biological classification of leprous lesions (editorial), Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1939, vii, 551. Google Scholar15. RABELLO E: A clinico-epidemiological classification of the forms of leprosy, Rev. Bras. de Leprolog., 1936, iv, 375, reprinted in Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1937, v, 343. Google Scholar16. PARDO-CASTELLOTIANT VFR: Leprosy, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1943, cxxi, 1264. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Honolulu, Hawaii*Received for publication August 14, 1944.From the Department of Dermatology and the Department of Clinical Pathology, The Clinic. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 July 1945Volume 23, Issue 1Page: 65-73KeywordsClinical pathologyDermatologyLeprosy ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...