THE PRESENT STATUS OF ARTIFICIAL PNEUMOTHORAX IN THE TREATMENT OF LOBAR PNEUMONIA
Authors: Simon S. Leopold, Louis M. Lieberman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 July 1935THE PRESENT STATUS OF ARTIFICIAL PNEUMOTHORAX IN THE TREATMENT OF LOBAR PNEUMONIASIMON S. LEOPOLD, M.D., F.A.C.P., LOUIS M. LIEBERMAN, M.D.SIMON S. LEOPOLD, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, LOUIS M. LIEBERMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-1-19 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTherapeutic innovations begin with an original idea or more often with a new application of an old one and, if promising and spectacular, may be followed by premature and unjustified optimism. After experimentation and thorough clinical trial have established their status, they are either accepted or rejected.In connection with the therapeutic use of pneumothorax in pneumonia we have passed through a period of enthusiasm which was initiated primarily by empirical use of the method; and only later obtained the confirmation of experimental evidence. That this order was the reverse of what it should have been is beside the point....Bibliography1. BLAKEHOWARDHULL FGMEWS: The treatment of lobar pneumonia by artificial pneumothorax, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1934, xlix, 119-137. Google Scholar2. BLAKE FG: Personal Communication. Google Scholar3. BEHRENDCOWPER AR: Artificial pneumothorax in the treatment of lobar pneumonia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, cii, 1907-1913. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BEHRENDTUCKROBERTSON AVLWE: Artificial pneumothorax in the treatment of lobar pneumonia, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med. (In press.) Google Scholar5. ROBERTSON WE: Personal Communication. Google Scholar6. STOLL HF: Personal Communication. Google Scholar7. LEOPOLDLIEBERMAN SSLM: The treatment of lobar pneumonia by artificial pneumothorax, Med. Clin. N. Am. (To be published.) Google Scholar8. MOORMAN LJ: Artificial pneumothorax in treatment of pneumonia, South. Med. Jr., 1934, xxvii, 233-237. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. MOORMAN LJ: Artificial pneumothorax in the treatment of pneumonia—report of cases, Internat. Clin., 1934, iv, 119-131. Google Scholar10. ISAACSUDESKYDE PINTO HJICA: Pneumothorax treatment of lobar pneumonia, Illinois Med. Jr., 1934, lxvi, 267-270. Google Scholar11. HAMMOND JJ: Personal Communication. Google Scholar12. CROWELL LA: Pneumothorax treatment in lobar pneumonia, South. Med. and Surg., 1934, xcvi, 467-470. Google Scholar13. HINESBENNETT LED: Artificial pneumothorax in the treatment of lobar pneumonia, Arch. Int. Med., 1935, lv, 100-111. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. HOLMESRANDOLPH FGH: Treatment of lobar pneumonia by artificial pneumothorax, ANN. INT. MED., 1935, viii, 1008-1027. Google Scholar15. DAVID O: Zur Pneumothoraxbehandlung der Lungenentzündung, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1921, xlvii, 802. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. IBRAHIMDUKEN JJ: Zur Behandlung der kindlichen Pneumonie mit dem künstlichen Pneumothorax, Arch. f. Kinderh., 1928, lxxxiv, 241-249. Google Scholar17. DUKEN J: Die künstliche Pneumothorax in der Behandlung der kindlichen Pneumonie, Klin. Wchnschr., 1930, ii, 2195-2199. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. JAHRNEUMANN JR: Zur Pneumothorax-Behandlung der Säuglingspneumonie, Klin. Wchnschr., 1930, ix, 2200-2202. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. LIEBERMANLEOPOLD LMSS: Therapeutic pneumothorax in experimental lobar pneumonia in dogs, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1934, clxxxvii, 315-330. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Read at the Philadelphia meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 30, 1935.From the Medical Division and the Thoracic Clinic of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 July 1935Volume 9, Issue 1Page: 19-25KeywordsClinical trialsHospitalsPneumonia Issue Published: 1 July 1935 PDF downloadLoading ...