THE COMMON COLD AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
Authors: W J KERR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Article1 August 1950THE COMMON COLD AND ITS IMPLICATIONSWM. J. KERR, M.D., F.A.C.P.WM. J. KERR, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-2-333 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe subject under discussion concerns each one of us. During the course of a year very few persons escape one or more attacks of the malady we may designate as the common cold. Like taxes, it is always with us, and no treatment yet devised, including the over-publicized antihistaminic drugs, has ever certainly prevented or cured an attack. The implications of the subject should remind us of the entangled and intertwined concepts which cloud our thinking and confuse the public and the profession alike.There is very little factual information upon which all can agree. It is common knowledge that...Bibliography1. KerrLagen WJJB: The common cold, Vol. 4, 1938, Oxford Medicine, Oxford University Press, New York. (For general list of references previous to 1938.) Google Scholar2. Troescher-ElamAnconaKerr EGRWJ: Histamine-like substance present in nasal secretions of common cold and allergic rhinitis, Am. J. Physiol. 144: 711-716, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. RalstonKerr HJWJ: Vascular responses of the nasal mucosa to thermal stimuli with some observations on skin temperature, Am. J. Physiol. 144: 305-310, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. ToppingAtlas NHLT: The common cold: a note regarding isolation of an agent, Science 106: 636, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Andrewes CH: Adventures among viruses. III. The puzzle of the common cold, New England J. Med. 242: 235, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. LewisKerr TWJ: Experiments relating to the peripheral mechanism involved in spasmodic arrest of the circulation in the fingers, a variety of Raynaud's disease, Heart 15: 7-101, 1929. Google Scholar7. Kerr WJ: Recent experimental studies on Raynaud's disease, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys. 45: 189, 1930. Google Scholar8. FeinfeldCollen AMF: Penicillin in the treatment of the common cold, Permanente Found. M. Bull. 5: 81, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. KuhCollen CMF: Mass penicillin prophylaxis, an experiment with negative results, J. A. M. A. 140: 1324, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. : Status report on antihistaminic agents in the prophylaxis and treatment of the common "cold, " J. A. M. A. 142: 566, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: WM. J. KERR, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: San Francisco, California*Presented at the Thirty-First Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Boston, Massachusetts, April 21, 1950.From the Division of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKinetosenKrankheiten aus äußeren physikalischen UrsachenXLVII Modern Trends in Otolaryngology with Special Emphasis on Allergy 1 August 1950Volume 33, Issue 2Page: 333-345KeywordsCommon coldDrugsTaxes ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...