Abstract
There is considerable evidence in the literature for the belief that the anaerobic organisms present in Vincent's infection of the upper respiratory tract may under certain conditions initiate a severe or even fatal pulmonary infection. Though the lesions in the lungs and bronchi generally occur as a complication of Vincent's angina, they are occasionally primary. These cases of fusospirochetal disease are usually sporadic, but at times the infection may definitely be traced from patient to patient. In this paper I give a brief summary of the reports in the literature and place on record three additional cases observed at the New York State Hospital for Incipient Tuberculosis in which fusospirochetal disease of the lungs followed exposure to cases of Vincent's infection of the upper respiratory passages. Bruce 1 reported a case of primary Vincent's infection of the larynx and trachea with secondary extension into the tissues of the neck and
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