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A NEW DISEASE?

I. C. BRILL, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1926;37(2):244-247.

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At the present stage of medical progress one hesitates to present new clinical syndromes. However, the case here described presents a picture that, to my knowledge, does not correspond with any known clinical entity.

REPORT OF CASE

C. E., an unmarried woman, aged 38, of good family and personal history, was seen by me for the first time May 7, 1925. The present illness was of two weeks' duration and began as an "attack of biliousness" characterized by vomiting, malaise and a feeling of weakness. The vomitus consisted of bile stained food and contained no blood. A few days later she developed nosebleed and severe pain in the occipital region. At this time her sister, who is a trained nurse, came to take care of her. She found the patient extremely ill, presenting a peculiar dark, glassy, "tobacco" color, with little brown spots in various parts of the body and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PORTLAND, ORE.

From the medical clinic of the University of Oregon Medical School.

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