CAPILLARY RESISTANCE IN ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED FEVER
Authors: Phillip L. Rossman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 August 1940CAPILLARY RESISTANCE IN ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED FEVERPHILLIP L. ROSSMAN, M.D.PHILLIP L. ROSSMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-2-281 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn an attempt to explain the mechanism of hemorrhage in artificially induced fever, studies of capillary resistance by means of the suction test were made on 12 subjects, three of whom were used twice, making a total of 15 observations.The outstanding pathologic observations in experimental animals and human subjects following induced fever have been the presence at autopsy of focal hemorrhages and acute parenchymatous degeneration of the organs. Giles, Harvey and Dampere,1in a study of the effect of exogenous heat on rabbits, saw marked focal hemorrhages in the viscera and central nervous system on examination of the non-surviving...References1. GILESHARVEYDAMPERE UALFW: Sterility of male animals induced by radiant heat, Arch. Phys. Therap., 1938, xix, 619. Google Scholar2. HARTMANMAJOR FWRC: Pathological changes resulting from accurately controlled artificial fever, Am. Jr. Clin. Path., 1935, v, 392-410. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SCHNABELFETTER TGF: Fever therapy in gonorrheal arthritis and chorea, ANN. INT. MED., 1935, ix, 398. Google Scholar4. WATTSHARTMAN FFW: Abstracts of papers and discussions. Fifth Annual Fever Conference, Dayton, Ohio, May 1935. Google Scholar5. WILBURSTEVENS ELJB: Morbid anatomic changes following artificial fever, with report of autopsies, South. Med. Jr., 1937, xxx, 286. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. HECHT AF: Experimentell-klinische Untersuchungen über Hautblutungen im Kindesalter, Jahrb. f. Kinderh., 1907, lxv, 113. Erg. Heft. Google Scholar7. DALLDORF G: A sensitive test for sub-clinical scurvy in man, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1933, xlvi, 794. Google Scholar8. STECHERSOLOMON RMWM: The complications and hazards of fever therapy: analysis of 1000 consecutive fever treatments with the Kettering hypertherm, ANN. INT. MED., 1937, x, 1014. Google Scholar9. PECKROSENTHALERF SMNLA: Purpura: classification and treatment, with special reference to treatment with snake venom, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1937, xxxv, 831. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. WOLBACHHOWE SBPR: Intercellular substances in experimental scorbutus, Arch. Path. and Lab. Med., 1926, i, 1. Google Scholar11. JOHNSONOSBORNESCUPHAM CASGW: The effect of artificial fever on the pulse volume changes of the finger, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1935, cxc, 485. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. LANDIS EM: The passage of fluid through the capillary wall, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1937, cxciii, 297. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. LANDIS EM: Micro-injection studies of capillary blood pressure in human skin, Heart, 1930, xv, 209. Google Scholar14. HARTMAN FW: Lesions of brain following fever therapy: etiology and pathogenesis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cix, 2116. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. WILSONDOAN SJCA: Pathogenesis of hemorrhage in artificially induced fever, ANN. INT. MED., 1940, xiii, 1214. Google Scholar16. BUTTSNELLOSTERBERG HRAMAE: The use of vitamin K and bile in treatment of the hemorrhagic diathesis in cases of jaundice, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin., 1938, xiii, 74. Google Scholar17. BAZETT HC: The effect of heat on the blood volume and circulation, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cxi, 1841. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cleveland, Ohio*Received for publication May 6, 1939.From the Department of Medicine, Western Reserve University at City Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCatecholamines and diabetes mellitusPURPURIC CHICKENPOX: REPORT OF A CASE, REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, AND CLASSIFICATION BY CLINICAL FEATURES*N. DAVID CHARKESThe blood picture in rheumatic fever 1 August 1940Volume 14, Issue 2Page: 281-287KeywordsAutopsyBiopsyCapillariesCentral nervous systemFeversHemorrhageHemorrhagic feversHospital medicineRabbits ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1940 PDF downloadLoading ...