ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY PYRETOTHERAPY OF NEUROSYPHILIS*
Authors: WALTER M. SIMPSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 July 1933ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY PYRETOTHERAPY OF NEUROSYPHILISA Preliminary ReportWALTER M. SIMPSON, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P., FRED K. KISLIG, M.D., F.A.C.S., EDWIN C. SITTLER, B.S. (ENG.)WALTER M. SIMPSON, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, FRED K. KISLIG, M.D., F.A.C.S.Search for more papers by this author, EDWIN C. SITTLER, B.S. (ENG.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-1-64 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is now generally agreed that fever is essentially a protective and defensive mechanism. It is known that the fever which accompanies infection exerts an adverse influence upon the growth of bacteria, diminishes the potency of toxins, favors phagocytosis, and stimulates the development of immune bodies.1 The gradual abandonment of antipyretic drugs has naturally followed the recognition of these facts. More effective physical agents are now utilized to combat extreme hyperpyrexia.The monumental researches of Wagner-Jauregg introduced artificially-induced fever as an important addition to the therapeutic armamentarium against many chronic afebrile diseases. The remarkable results which have been achieved with...Bibliography1. REIMANN HA: Significance of fever and blood protein changes in regard to defense against infection, ANN. INT. MED., 1932, vi, 362-374. LinkGoogle Scholar2. NEYMANNOSBORNE CASL: Artificial fever produced by high frequency currents; preliminary report, Ill. Med. Jr., 1929, lvi, 199-203. Google Scholar3. 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Kettering Foundation.Presented at the Seventeenth Annual Clinical Session of the American College of Physicians, Montreal, February 8, 1933.†Doctor Kislig died on February 7, 1933.‡With the coöperation of Charles F. Kettering, Sc.D., William Nesser, M.E., Thomas P. Sharkey, M.D., Worley Kendell, M.D., Arthur M. Culler, M.D., Eunice Fraizer, M.S., Carl McD. Ritter, B.S., Florence Storck, R.N., and Kathryn Rife, R.N.§This investigation had its inception in ideas expressed in a book by Paul de Kruif, Ph.D., entitled "Men Against Death," Harcourt, Brace and Co., N. Y., Chapt. 9, pp. 267-279. 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