RECOGNITION OF INCIPIENT THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS IN YOUNG DRAFTEES

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Article1 February 1943RECOGNITION OF INCIPIENT THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS IN YOUNG DRAFTEESWILLIAM E. JAHSMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROBERT H. DURHAM, M.D., F.A.C.P., NICHOLAS P. DALLIS, M.D.WILLIAM E. JAHSMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT H. DURHAM, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, NICHOLAS P. DALLIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-18-2-164 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFew people would question the loyalty and patriotism of the average American. In recent months, however, all of us in the medical profession have seen the occasional young man of the draft age who described symptoms of peripheral vascular disease, just as others talk about trouble with the heart, the lungs, or the gastrointestinal tract, apparently in the hope that he might thus evade military service. When such suggestive peripheral blood vessel symptoms are described, we, as examining physicians, should remember that thromboangiitis obliterans can and does occur in young men, and make every effort to rule this disease in...Bibliography1. MUELLER O: Die Kapillaren der menschlichen Koeperoberflaeche in gesunden und kranken Tagen, 1922, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart. Google Scholar2. HAGEN W: Periodische konstitutionelle und pathologische Schwankungen im Verhalten der Blut Kapillaren, Arch. f. path. Anat. u. klin. Med., 1922, ccxxxix, 504. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. BROWN GE: The skin capillaries in Raynaud's disease, Arch. Int. Med., 1925, xxxv, 56. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. MUELLERPARISIUS OW: Die Blutdruckkrankheit, 1932, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart. Google Scholar5. GRIFFITH JQ: The frequent occurrence of abnormal cutaneous capillaries in constitutional neurasthenic states, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1932, clxxxiii, 180. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. LEADER SD: Capillary microscopy in children, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1933, xliv, 403. Google Scholar7. WRIGHT IS: Clinical value of human capillary studies in fever, mental deficiency, nephritis, vascular diseases, clubbed fingers, arthritis, tobacco smoking and argyria, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, ci, 439. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. GRIFFITHCOLLINS JQLH: Method of observing blood pressure by arterial compression and simultaneous capillary observation, Am. Heart Jr., 1933, viii, 671. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BORDLEYGROWSHERMAN JMHWS: A note on the nailfold capillaries in negroes, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1936, lix, 447. Google Scholar10. OLKON DM: Capillary structure in patients with schizophrenia, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1939, xlii, 652. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. DEUTSCH F: Capillary studies in Raynaud's disease, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1941, xxvi, 1729. Google Scholar12. ZONDEKMICHAELKATZ HMA: The capillaries in myxedema, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1941, ccii, 435. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. DURYEEWRIGHT WIS: Present day technique for the study of human capillaries, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1923, clxxxv, 664. Google Scholar14. GOMIRATO G: A study of capillary alterations in multiple sclerosis, Riv. di patol. nerv., 1939, liii, 148. Google Scholar15. GIBBONLANDIS JHEM: Vasodilatation in the lower extremities in response to immersing the forearms in warm water, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1932, xi, 1019. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. LANDISGIBBON EMJH: A simple method of producing vasodilatation in the lower extremities, Arch. Int. Med., 1933, lii, 785. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Detroit, Michigan*Received for publication August 3, 1942. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCerebrovascular Thrombosis in Patients with Buerger's DiseaseThe diagnosis and treatment of thromboangiitis obliterans in the vascular centers of army general hospitalsThe rate and control of the blood flow through the skin of the lower extremities 1 February 1943Volume 18, Issue 2Page: 164-176KeywordsArmed forcesBlood vesselsCardiovascular therapyGastrointestinal tractLungsPeripheral vascular disease Issue Published: 1 February 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...