PROBLEMS OF ACUTE INFECTIONS
Authors: J. H. Musser
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 March 1941PROBLEMS OF ACUTE INFECTIONSJ. H. MUSSER, M.D., F.A.C.P.J. H. MUSSER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-9-1617 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is my pleasure today to speak to you concerning some of the problems which have to do with the everyday care of the patient sick with one or another of the acute contagious diseases. In this presentation I will not attempt to review the recent literature on the subject and will not endeavor to give you the last word in the experimental problems nor the laboratory studies of these diseases; I will simply attempt to give you a few of the diagnostic procedures which I have found of value and to discuss succinctly some of the methods of treatment...References1. THENEBEHIRSHBERGBOBROW CLMSA: 350 cases of scarlet fever treated with sulfanilamide and neoprontosil, Connecticut State Med. Soc., 1939, iii, 351. Google Scholar2. WESSELHOEFTSMITH CEC: The use of sulfanilamide in scarlet fever, New England Jr. Med., 1938, ccxix, 947. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. FRENCH JO: Effect of sulfanilamide on the blood in scarlet fever, Lancet, 1939, ccxxxvii, 127. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. CURTIS WL: Sulfanilamide in treatment of tularemia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxiii, 294. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. FRIEDEWALDHUNT WFGA: The diagnosis of tularemia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1939, cxcvii, 493. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. KIMMELSTIELCALDWELL PHW: Tularemic septicemia; report of a case, Am. Jr. Path., 1939, xv, 127. Google Scholar7. BUNDESONFISHBEINWHITE HNWIJL: Diphtheria immunity in Chicago, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxii, 1919. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. JONESMOSS FGJM: Combined diphtheria toxoid and tetanus toxoid, alum precipitated, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1939, xxiv, 512. Google Scholar9. HAUSERMUSSER GHJH: Encephalitis as a complication of measles, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xc, 1267. Google Scholar10. PETERMANFox MGMJ: Postmeasles encephalitis, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1939, lvii, 1253. Google Scholar11. MCKHANN CF: Prevention and modification of measles, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cix, 2034. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. KOHNFISCHERRESCH JLAEHU: Treatment of early measles with parenteral whole blood, Jr. Pediat., 1939, xiv, 502. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. SAUER LW: Immunization against whooping cough, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1935, xlix, 69. Google Scholar14. LUCAS RT: Convalescent serum in the prevention and treatment of common contagious diseases in childhood, New Orleans Med. and Surg. Jr., 1939, xcii, 289. Google Scholar15. CAMPBELL EP: Chickenpox in a 12 day old infant, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1939, lvii, 1408. Google Scholar16. SHUMAN HH: Varicella in the newborn, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1939, lviii, 564. Google Scholar17. TRIPOLIFADER CJDE: Acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis with a report of 12 cases from Louisiana, New Orleans Med. and Surg. Jr., 1939, xcii, 308. Google Scholar18. TOOMEY JW: Acute lymphocytic meningitis, Jr. Pediat., 1936, viii, 148. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. WALLGREEN A: Acute aseptic meningitis, Acta paediat., 1925, iv, 158. Google Scholar20. TRIPOLI CJ: Bacterial meningitis: a comparative study of various therapeutic measures, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvi, 171. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: J. H. MUSSER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: New Orleans, Louisiana*A morning lecture at the Cleveland meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 2, 1940.From the Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, La. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 March 1941Volume 14, Issue 9 Page: 1617-1630 Keywords Patients Research laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...