STUDIES IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Authors: TRACY J. PUTNAM
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1936)

Article1 January 1936STUDIES IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSISVIII. ETIOLOGIC FACTORS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS*TRACY J. PUTNAM, M.D.TRACY J. PUTNAM, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-7-854 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTHE EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION OF LESIONS SIMULATING MULTIPLE SCLEROSISIn previous communications, it has been pointed out that lesions closely resembling typical plaques of multiple sclerosis may be produced in animals in either of two ways: by the subcutaneous injection of minute doses of tetanus toxin1and by experimental obstruction of cerebral venules.2In each case sclerotic lesions could be demonstrated only after an interval of several months from the original injury. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication October 3, 1935. (Presented before the Section of Nervous and Mental Diseases of the American Medical Association, Atlantic City, June 12, 1935.)From the Neurological Unit, Boston City Hospital and the Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.The expenses of this investigation were defrayed in part by the Multiple Sclerosis Fund of Harvard University. 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