AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DR. JOSEPH HERSEY PRATT
Authors: HAROLD W. JONES
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 January 1938AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DR. JOSEPH HERSEY PRATTSPLENIC IRRADIATION IN THE TREATMENT OF PURPURA HEMORRHAGICA*HAROLD W. JONES, M.D., F.A.C.P., LEANDRO M. TOCANTINS, M.D., RICHARD MANGES SMITH, M.D.HAROLD W. JONES, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, LEANDRO M. TOCANTINS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RICHARD MANGES SMITH, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-7-1311 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOur experience with splenic irradiation in purpura hemorrhagica is not in agreement with that of Mettier,1 who states, "Repeated roentgen irradiation over the spleen in suitable doses is an excellent means of increasing the number of circulating blood platelets in patients with idiopathic thrombo-cytopenic purpura hemorrhagica."EARLY RESULTSThe term control of coagulation was used loosely, and still is, by some to include control of bleeding of any type without attempting to isolate that occurring in purpura hemorrhagica. Therefore, many data reported in the literature can not be considered as significant. 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TOCANTINS, M.D.; RICHARD MANGES SMITH, M.D.Affiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Read before the Section on Medicine, College of Physicians of Philadelphia.Received for publication September 16, 1937.From the Department of Medicine and X-ray Department of Jefferson Medical College.Prepared in part under the J. Ewing Mears Research Fund and in part through the generosity of Mr. Charles Groff, of Greenwich, Conn.We are indebted to Miss Virginia Mitchell for collection of many data relating to this subject and to Mr. Eric Plehn for the translation of many articles in the bibliography and others not included. 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