Psittacosis
Authors: W. W. G. MACLACHLAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1930)

Article1 September 1930PsittacosisA Clinical and Pathological Report of Three Cases* †W. W. G. MACLACHLAN, M.D., H. H. PERMAR, M.D., C. A. ROGERS, M.D.W. W. G. MACLACHLAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, H. H. PERMAR, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, C. A. ROGERS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-3-260 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe opportunity to make some clinical and pathological observations on psittacosis was offorded when a small group of three cases in one family was recognized by one of us in his practice (C.R.). One patient, a woman of 53 years, died and an autopsy was performed. The other two cases, a girl of 22 and a child of 9 both recovered. The fatal case presented the appearance of pneumonia but the recovered cases were typhoidal in character, the older girl being very ill for 28 days while the child showed a very mild infection of about two weeks' duration.A...Bibliography1 ADAMY : Deutsch. Med. Wochen., Feb. 7, 1930, 56, 217. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 BACHEMSELTERFINKLER : Klin. Jahrbuch, 1910, 23, 539. Google Scholar3 BARROS : Lancet. March 1, 1930, 1, 472. Google Scholar4 BEDDOES : Journ. of Trop. Med. and Hygiene, 1914, 17, 33. Google Scholar5 BEDSONWESTERNSIMPSON : Lancet. Feb. 1, 1930, 1, 235. Feb. 15, 1930, 1, 345. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 DUJARDIN-BEAUMETZ : Quoted by Bachem, Selter and Finkler. Google Scholar7 GASTONNETTER : Bull. Med., March 30, 1892. Quoted by Melenchini. Google Scholar8 GILBERTFOURNIER : Comptes Rendus de la Soc. de Biol. de Paris. 1896, 3, 1009. Google Scholar9 GULLAND : British Med. Journ., Aug. 23, 1924, 2, 308. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10 HEGLER : Deutsch. Med. Wochen., Jan. 24, 1930, 56, 148. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 HORDERGOW : Lancet. March 1, 1930, 1, 443. Google Scholar12 HUTCHINSON : Lancet. Feb. 1, 1930, 1, 237. Google Scholar13 KRUMWIEDE : City of New York, Dept. of Health, Weekly Bulletin. Feb. 15, 1930, 19, 49. Google Scholar14 MELENCHINI : Lo Sperimentale, 1895, 49, 137. Google Scholar15 MEYER : Deutsch. Med. Wochen. Jan. 31, 1930, 56, 174. Feb. 7, 1930, 56, 215. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16 MORANGE : Thèse de Paris, 1895. Quoted by Melenchini. Google Scholar17 NOCARD : Quoted by Gilbert and Fournier. Google Scholar18 PERRY : British Journ. Exp. Path., 1920, 1, 131. Google Scholar19 RADFORD : British Med. Journ., Feb. 22, 1930, 1, 333. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar20 RITTER : Deutsch. Arch. f. Klin. Med., 1879, 25, 53. Google Scholar21 SAILER : Med. Clin. N. America, Jan. 1929, Philadelphia Number, 1095. Google Scholar22 THOMPSON : Lancet. July 20, 1929, 2, 115. Feb. 22, 1930, 1, 296. CrossrefGoogle Scholar23 VICKERYRICHARDSON : Trans. Ass. of Am. Phys., 1904, 19, 364. Google Scholar24 WARRACK : British Med. Journ., Jan. 18, 1930, 1, 111. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar25 WARTHIN : Reference Handbook Med. Sci., 1917, 7, 349. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: W. W. G. MACLACHLAN, M.D.; H. H. PERMAR, M.D.; C. A. ROGERS, M.D.*Read before the Association of American Physicians, Atlantic City, May 1930.†From the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and Pathological Laboratory of Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPneumonitis with Alveolar-Capillary Block in a Cattle Rancher Exposed to Epizootic Bovine AbortionDie Psittacosis (Papageienkrankheit) mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Pandemie des Jahres 1929/30 1 September 1930Volume 4, Issue 3Page: 260-276KeywordsAutopsyHospital medicinePediatric infectionsPneumoniaPsittacosisResearch laboratoriesTyphoid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1930 PDF downloadLoading ...