WEIL'S DISEASE; REPORT OF SIX CASES
Authors: Howard K. Rathbun, Julius M. Waghelstein
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 September 1941WEIL'S DISEASE; REPORT OF SIX CASESHOWARD K. RATHBUN, JULIUS M. WAGHELSTEINHOWARD K. RATHBUNSearch for more papers by this author, JULIUS M. WAGHELSTEINSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-3-395 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWeil,1 in 1886, described a disease characterized by jaundice and nephritis. Inada and his co-workers2 in a remarkable series of reports delineated the clinical and pathological picture, described the etiological agent and named it Spirochaeta icterohaemorrhagica. Noguchi,3 in 1917, reported the presence in American wild rats of a spirochete morphologically and immunologically identical with the Japanese and European strains. In 1918 he4 further described the organism and called it Leptospira icterohaemorrhagica. 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