The Etiology of Colds
Authors: John E. Walker
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 June 1932The Etiology of ColdsJOHN E. WALKER, M.D.JOHN E. WALKER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-12-1526 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThere is a growing conviction that colds are due to a specific filtrable virus. This conclusion is of such importance that the evidence leading up to it needs to be examined critically. The evidence in favor of the view is two-fold. First, experiments have been reported which appear to show that colds can be transmitted to humans and to chimpanzees by bacteria-free filtrates of nasopharyngeal secretion obtained from persons suffering from colds. Secondly, it is supposed that there is sufficient evidence to show that ordinary bacteria, while admitted to be pathogenic, are in no way concerned in the primary etiology...References1 DOCHEZSHIBLEYMILLS RRGSKC: Studies in the common cold. IV. Experimental transmission of the common cold to anthropoid apes and human beings by means of a filtered agent, Jr. Exper. Med., 1930, lii, 701-716. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 LONGDOULLBOURNMCCOMB PHJAJME: The etiology of acute upper respiratory infection (common cold). Jr. Exper. Med., 1931, liii, 447-470. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 VAUGHAN VC: Epidemiology and public health, 1922, i, C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, 83. Google Scholar4 DOCHEZMILLSKNEELAND ARKCY: Study of the virus of the common cold and its cultivation in tissue medium, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1931, xxviii, 513-516. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 SHIBLEYHANGARDOCHEZ GSFMAR: Studies in common cold. I. Observations of the normal bacterial flora of nose and throat and variations occurring during colds, Jr. Exper. Med., 1926, xliii, 415-431. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 SHIBLEYMILLSDOCHEZ GSKCAR: Studies of the etiology of the common cold, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xcv, 1553-1556. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 WALKER JE: Infection of laboratory worker with Bacillus influenzae , Jr. Infect. Dis., 1928, xliii, 300-305. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 WALKER JE: Production of colds with Micrococcus catarrhalis , Jr. Infect. Dis., 1929, xliv, 254-256. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 SHIBLEYMILLSDOCHEZ GSKCAR: Further consideration of transmissibility of human upper respiratory infections (common cold) to the ape, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1929, xxvii, 59-60. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 WALKER JE: A cold caused by Bacillus bronchisepticus , Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 1108-1109. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 PARKCOOPER WHG: Accidental inoculation of influenza bacilli on the mucous membranes of healthy persons with development of infection in at least one. Persistence of type characteristic of bacilli, Jr. Immunol., 1921, vi, 81-85. Google Scholar12 CECILSTEFFEN RLGI: Acute respiratory infection in man following inoculation with virulent Bacillus influenzae , Jr. Infect. Dis., 1921, xxviii, 201. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13 VON FENYVESSYKOPP BH: Beiträge zur Aetiologie der Influenza, Centralbl. f. Bakteriol., 1926, xcviii, 477-484. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Opelika, Alabama*Received for publication, November 20, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 June 1932Volume 5, Issue 12Page: 1526-1531KeywordsBacteriaBacterial pathogensEtiology ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...