SIMPLICITY IN THE TREATMENT OF MENINGITIS
Authors: A L HOYNE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 December 1954SIMPLICITY IN THE TREATMENT OF MENINGITISARCHIBALD L. HOYNE, F.A.C.P.ARCHIBALD L. HOYNE, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-6-1164 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMany of the early methods for the treatment of meningitis have been forgotten or largely abandoned. Nevertheless, there are well qualified physicians who continue to espouse original procedures which are unnecessary for the benefit of patients. To appreciate fully the advances1 that have taken place it seems almost imperative to cite some of the history of the therapy of meningitis.Kolle and Wasserman2in 1906 were the first to report a specific remedy for any kind of meningitis, based on animal experimentation. This was an antibacterial serum for meningococcic infections, which Jochmann3developed still further in the same year for...Bibliography1. Hoyne AL: Advances in the treatment of meningitis, J. Pediat. 19: 778-788 (Dec.) 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. KolleWasserman WA: Versuche zur Gewinnung und Werthbestimmung eines Meningococcenserums, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr. 32: 609, 1906. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Jochmann G: Versuche zur Serodiagnostik und Serotherapie der epidemischen Genickstarre, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr. 32: 788, 1906. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FlexnerJobling SJW: Serum treatment of epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis, J. Exper. Med. 10: 141, 1908. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Herrick WW: Early diagnosis and intravenous serum treatment of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, J. A. M. A. 71: 612 (Aug. 24) 1918. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Hoyne AL: Treatment of meningococcic meningitis without intraspinal therapy, Nebraska M. J. 21: 321-325 (Sept.) 1936. Google Scholar7. Hoyne AL: Intravenous treatment of meningococcic meningitis with meningococcus antitoxin, J. A. M. A. 107: 478-481 (Aug. 15) 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Hoyne AL: Meningitis, J. Iowa M. Soc. 26: 549-553 (Oct.) 1936. Google Scholar9. Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, London, Annual Report, 1933, p. 13. Google Scholar10. Hoyne AL: Complications of acute pyogenic meningitides, Am. J. Dis. Child. 75: 741-746 (May) 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. Hoyne AL: Modern treatment of meningitis, Texas State J. Med. 46: 33 (Jan.) 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. Hoyne AL: Meningococcic meningitis: a new form of therapy, J. A. M. A. 102: 980-983 (Mar. 23) 1935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. Pease CN: Injuries to the vertebrae and intervertebral disks following lumbar punctures, Am. J. Dis. Child. 49: 849-860 (Apr.) 1935. Google Scholar14. HoyneBrown ALRH: Intrathecal therapy not required for H. influenzae meningitis, J. A. M. A. 136: 597-601 (Feb. 28) 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. Hoyne AL: Intrathecal therapy contraindicated for meningitis, Illinois M. J. 94: 295-299 (Nov.) 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar16. Hoyne AL: Acute purulent meningitis, M. Clin. North America 37: 329-344 (Mar.) 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. HoyneBrown ALRH: 727 Meningococcic cases: an analysis, Ann. Int. Med. 28: 248-259 (Feb.) 1948. LinkGoogle Scholar18. HoyneGrossman ALA: Meningitis and sulfathiazole, Arch. Pediat. 62: 241-247 (June) 1946. Google Scholar19. HoyneSimon ALDL: Intramuscular Terramycin in treatment of meningitis—report of 21 recoveries, Arch. Pediat. 70: 319-325 (Oct.) 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*From the Symposium on Pediatrics presented at the Thirty-fifth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 6, 1954.From the Cook County Contagious Disease Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAcute Bacterial Meningitis 1 December 1954Volume 41, Issue 6Page: 1164-1169KeywordsMeningitisMeningococcal diseasePediatrics ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...