Typhus-Like (Spotted) Fever from Tick-Bite*
Authors: NOXON TOOMEY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 April 1932Typhus-Like (Spotted) Fever from Tick-BiteRocky Mountain Spotted Fever Type; Identified with a Symbiont Proteus-like SepticemiaNOXON TOOMEY, B.A., M.D., F.A.C.P.NOXON TOOMEY, B.A., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-10-1296 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptConsidering their world wide spread, and the toll of life they take annually, the typhus and typhus-like fevers are foremost among the grave fevers about which there is, at present, very little established concerning their microbic origin.167Consequently, specific therapy for these malignant fevers, so very urgently needed, has remained, and will perhaps continue to remain, contingent for its development upon discovery of more complete and exact facts concerning their microbic origin. 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