Studies on Epidemic Influenza

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Author

University of Pittsburgh. School of Medicine

Title

Studies on Epidemic Influenza: Comprising Clinical and Laboratory Investigations

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RC: Medicine: Internal medicine

Subject

Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60822

Release Date

December 1, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Studies on Epidemic Influenza COMPRISING Clinical and Laboratory Investigations
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.HISTORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INFLUENZA — 1918 Epidemic in Large Cities — The Epidemic in Universities and Colleges — 1918 Epidemic at Pittsburgh — Epidemic Incidents in Institutions and Towns of Western Pennsylvania — Summary
5. 5.A CLINICAL DESCRIPTION OF INFLUENZA AS IT APPEARED IN THE EPIDEMIC OF 1918–1919 — Prodromal Stage and Communicability — Duration of the Disease — Forms and Varieties of Influenza — Influenza Without Lung Involvement — The Temperature — The Pulse and Respirations — Cyanosis — Leucopenia — Asthenia — Influenza with Lung Involvement — Diagnosis of Influenzal Pneumonia — Complications — Pregnancy — Sequelæ — Prognosis and Mortality of Influenza
6. 6.THE URINE AND BLOOD IN EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA — Hematology — Conclusions
7. 7.THE TREATMENT OF INFLUENZA — Acute Influenza — Pneumonia — Complications
8. 8.THE PREVENTION OF EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VACCINE PROPHYLAXIS — INTRODUCTION — History of Prophylactic Vaccination in General — Prophylactic Vaccination Against Influenza — The Attempt to Develop a Specific Prophylactic Vaccine by the Use of Pure Pfeiffer Strains — Author’s Vaccine — Method of Standardization — Conclusion — The Attempt to Protect Against Epidemic Influenza by the Use of Mixed Vaccines — Data on the Prophylactic Value of Mixed Vaccines — Series I. Those Instances in Which Vaccination Was Completed Before the Epidemic Appeared — Series II. Those Instances in Which It Is Possible to Compare the Relative Occurrence in Both Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Groups After Vaccination Was Completed — Series III. Those Instances in Which Vaccination Was Begun After the Epidemic Appeared, and in Which Comparisons of Total Figures Only Are Available — The Attempt to Prevent Pneumonia as a Complication of Influenza Through the Use of Lipovaccine — Summary — Conclusions — Part II. General Prophylactic Measures — Methods Proposed for Breaking the Channels of Communication — Partial Isolation by Means of the Cubicle System — The Use of the Face Mask — General Closing Orders — The Closing of Schools — The Closing of Public Dance Halls — Regulation of Public Eating and Drinking Places — Regulation of Traffic — Enforcement of Anti-Spitting Ordinances — Increasing Natural Resistance by Augmented Healthfulness — General Measures — Public Health Administration — Desirable Laws — Education of the Public — Summary — BIBLIOGRAPHY
9. 9.PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL OBSERVATIONS IN EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA — Results — Circulation — Respiration — Blood — Comment
10. 10.THE BACTERIOLOGY OF EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA WITH A DISCUSSION OF B. INFLUENZÆ AS THE CAUSE OF THIS AND OTHER INFECTIVE PROCESSES — Introduction — General Methods of Investigation — Material Studied — Technique — Results of the Author — Direct Smears from Nasopharyngeal Swabs — The Hemophilic Bacteria — Media in Growth of B. Influenzæ — B. Influenzæ as a Pathogenic Bacterium — Infections of the Respiratory Tract — Results of Others During the Recent Pandemic — Chronic Infections — Infections of the Pleura — Sinuses of the Head — Eye and Ear — Meninges — Invasion of the Blood Stream — Endocarditis — Immunity—Phagocytosis — Agglutination — Binding of Complement — Anaphylaxis — Experiments on the Human — Conclusions — BIBLIOGRAPHY
11. 11.THE PATHOLOGY OF EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA — Materials — General External Features — Muscle — Upper Respiratory Tract — Bronchi — Lung—Early Stage — Lung—Secondary Stage — Lung—Stage of Resolution — Pleura — Heart — Arteries — Lymphatics of Lung and Mediastinum — Abdominal Viscera — OBSERVATIONS UPON THE PATHOLOGY OF EIGHTEEN CASES OF INFLUENZA — Summary — BIBLIOGRAPHY
12. 12.EXPLANATION OF PLATES
13. 13.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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