GONOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA IN A WOMAN, WITH CURE BY SURGICAL INTERVENTION

Abstract

In May, 1930, Wheeler and Cornell¹reported from the First Surgical Division of the New York Hospital a case of gonococcal bacteremia cured by operation. This probably represents the first case of its kind in surgical literature. Soon afterward, a patient presenting a similar condition was admitted to the Second Medical Division of the New York Hospital, and her case forms the basis of the present communication. A detailed description of the illness of this patient is herewith appended, because it is felt that the problem which presented itself is of considerable importance and that its solution opens up a new field in the therapy of this disease. <h3>REPORT OF CASE</h3> R. H., a woman, aged 26, was admitted to the medical service of the New York Hospital, June 26, 1929, with the chief complaint of fever and rash of four weeks' duration. Four weeks before, the patient came