WEIL'S DISEASE; REPORT OF THREE CASES, INCLUDING THE MORBID ANATOMY OF ONE CASE, AND A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE PERTINENT LITERATURE
Authors: Joel J. White, John V. Prevost
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 August 1941WEIL'S DISEASE; REPORT OF THREE CASES, INCLUDING THE MORBID ANATOMY OF ONE CASE, AND A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE PERTINENT LITERATUREJOEL J. WHITE, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOHN V. PREVOST, M.D.JOEL J. WHITE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN V. PREVOST, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-2-207 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1886, H. A. Weil1described a syndrome characterized by the sudden onset of prostration, fever, myalgia, jaundice, hemorrhagic tendencies and renal damage which, today, is known by his name. Inada and Ido2discovered the spirochete in the liver of a guinea pig, inoculated with the blood of a patient suffering from the disease in 1915, and believed it to be the causative agent. 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