PATHOGENESIS OF HUMAN BRUCELLOSIS WITH RESPECT TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
Authors: W W SPINK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Article1 August 1948PATHOGENESIS OF HUMAN BRUCELLOSIS WITH RESPECT TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENTWESLEY W. SPINK, M.D., F.A.C.P.WESLEY W. SPINK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-29-2-238 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMedical historians have informed us that brucellosis is a disease of antiquity, excellent clinical descriptions having been ascribed to Hippocrates.1However, it is only within recent years that human brucellosis has engaged the interest of clinicians in this country. Thus, in the two states of Iowa and Minnesota, where brucellosis is a serious endemic problem, the first human cases were recognized as recently as 1927. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Minneapolis, Minnesota*Presented at the Twenty-Ninth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, San Francisco, April 22, 1948.From the Division of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota Hospitals and Medical School, Minneapolis.The investigations cited in this paper have been supported by grants from the United States Public Health Service; Committee on Scientific Research, American Medical Association; Graduate School, University of Minnesota; and the Commercial Solvents Corporation. 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