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Article1 August 1938PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ERYSIPELASJOHN A. TOOMEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOHN A. TOOMEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-2-166 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMortality statistics are the only sources of factual information not affected by the personal equation.From 1912 to 1933, Hoyne in Chicago had a mortality rate of 12.47 per cent in 5,666 cases of erysipelas; from 1929 to 1933, it was 13.4 per cent in 1,193 cases. From 1927 to 1931, Gordon and Young1in Detroit had 1,156 cases with a mortality rate of 9.5 per cent. In Bellevue Hospital, in New York City, from 1904 to 1937, there were 15,277 cases with a mortality rate of 10.1 per cent.2Symmers2stated that in 3,311 cases admitted to the same...Bibliography1. GORDONYOUNG JEDC: Treatment of erysipelas with erysipelas streptococcus antitoxin, Jr. Michigan Med. Soc., 1929, xxviii, 353. Google Scholar2. SYMMERS D: Antitoxin treatment of erysipelas; results in 705 cases at Bellevue Hospital, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 535. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. U. S. Department of Commerce, Mortality Statistics. Google Scholar4. BIRKHAUG KE: Erysipelas, Nelson's Loose Leaf Medicine, Chap. 16, pg. 447 et seq. Google Scholar5. BIRKHAUG KE: Erysipelas: Etiology and treatment with erysipelas antistreptococcic serum, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1926, lxxxvi, 1411. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MCCANN WS: Serum treatment of erysipelas, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 78. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. ELEY RC: Treatment of erysipelas in infants; report of 33 cases treated with antistreptococcus (erysipelas) serum, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1930, xxxix, 529. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BLACKFAN K: Personal communication to Birkhaug, K. E., 1928. Google Scholar9. LONGBLISS HEA: Para-amino-benzene-sulfonamide and its derivatives; experimental and clinical observations on their use in treatment of beta-hemolytic streptococcic infection; preliminary report, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cviii, 32. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Lakewood, Ohio*Delivered before the American College of Physicians, New York City, April 6, 1938.From the Department of Pediatrics, Western Reserve University, and the Division of Contagious Diseases, City Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPyodermienThe clinical diagnosis of dermatological lesions of the face and oral cavity 1 August 1938Volume 12, Issue 2Page: 166-177KeywordsDeath ratesMortalityPediatrics Issue Published: 1 August 1938 PDF downloadLoading ...
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