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REVIEW OF THE CURRENT LITERATURE

HOBART A. REIMANN, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1936;58(2):329-370.

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The labor of reviewing the literature on infectious diseases has been considerably lightened by the recent publication of a number of comprehensive surveys covering various aspects of the subject.¹ Notable among these are reviews concerning gonococcic infections, arthritis, bacteriophage, lymphogranuloma venereum (lymphogranuloma inguinale), influenza, undulant fever and Weil's disease. Advances in the knowledge of syphilis and microbic dissociation will be discussed in forthcoming papers.² The portions of the subjects dealt with in these papers will therefore not be discussed in the present review.

PNEUMONIA

According to various statistics, pneumonia occupies second or third place in tables of mortality rates and is responsible for about 100,000 deaths a year in the United States. Hence, any advances in its prevention or treatment are of great significance. The seriousness of the problem led to an intensive study over a four year period in Massachusetts, and recently campaigns against this disease have been . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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PHILADELPHIA

From the Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College.

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