Lobar Pneumonia*†

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Article1 May 1933Lobar PneumoniaA Report of 2039 CasesOTIS S. WARR, M.D., F.A.C.P., JACOB ALPERIN, A.B., M.D.OTIS S. WARR, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JACOB ALPERIN, A.B., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-11-1474 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFrom January 1, 1916, to December 31, 1931, inclusive, 2039 cases of lobar pneumonia were observed in the Memphis General Hospital. Of this number, 517 occurred in white patients and 1522 in negroes. During this same period, the white patients comprised approximately one-third of the total discharges from the hospital but only one-fourth of the total number with pneumonia.INCIDENCEThe morbidity of pneumonia, according to Blake,1depends upon the pathogenic properties of the organism, the opportunities for infection, and the factors of susceptibility and resistance. Since neither the Memphis City Board of Health nor the Tennessee State Board makes...References1 BLAKE F: Harvard Alumni Magazine, 1931. Google Scholar2 Annual Meteorological Summary, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, Memphis, Tenn., 1921-1931. Google Scholar3 R. G. Dun & Company Reference Book, 1921-1931. Google Scholar4 Tennessee Morbidity Statistics, State Department of Public Health, 1930. Google Scholar5 ELBRIDGE S: Differential mortality in Tennessee, Fisk Univ. Press, 1930. Google Scholar6 Tennessee Vital Statistics, State Department of Public Health, 1930. Google Scholar7 HOLT LE: Diseases of infancy and childhood, 1924, D. Appleton & Company, New York and London, pp. 200-202. Google Scholar8 MACLACHLANKASTLINLYNCH WWGJR: Use of dextrose in pneumonia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1930, clxxix, 93-104. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 BETHEA OW: Treatment of pneumonia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xcv, 925-926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Memphis, Tennessee*Accepted for publication November 11, 1932. Read before the Pan-American Medical Association (Medical Section) March 3, 1933, Dallas, Texas.†From the Memphis General Hospital and the Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Memphis, Tenn. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRecurrence of Pneumonia in Middle-aged and Elderly Adults after Hospital-treated Pneumonia: Aetiology and Predisposing ConditionsSlowly Resolving, Chronic, and Recurrent PneumoniaRecurrent Pneumonia Predisposing Illness and Clinical Patterns in 158 PatientsRICHARD H. WINTERBAUER, M.D., GEORGE A. BEDON, M.D., WILMOT C. BALL JR., M.D.Eitrige und brandige Erkrankungen der LungeDie PneumonienThe Course of untreated lobar Pneumonia in Holland.FURTHER STUDIES ON RECURRENCES IN PNEUMOCOCCIC PNEUMONIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE EFFECT OF SPECIFIC TREATMENT*ELIAS STRAUSS, M.D., MAXWELL FINLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.Zur Frage der Kreislaufbehandlung bei Lobärer PneumonieUPPER LOBE PNEUMONIA IN THE ADULT*MILTON B. ROSENBLATT, M.D., ARNOLD BACHMAN, M.D.LOBAR PNEUMONIA; AN ANALYSIS OF 1298 CASES*J. FREDERICK PAINTON, M.D., F.A.C.P., HERBERT J. ULRICH, M.D. 1 May 1933Volume 6, Issue 11Page: 1474-1488KeywordsHospital medicineMorbidityPathogensPneumonia Issue Published: 1 May 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...