THE DIAGNOSIS OF INFARCTION OF THE ENTIRE SPLEEN
1918; American Medical Association; Volume: 70; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/jama.1918.02600050004002
ISSN1538-3598
Autores Tópico(s)Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
Resumoincreased consistency and diminished sensitiveness of one or both testicles, to indurative atrophy of the base of the tongue, leukoplakia and the like, and scarring and deflection of the epiglottis, to scars of the pharyngeal vault, to perforation of the nasal sep¬ tum, to the presumptively syphilitic nature of aortic régurgitation, to the ophthalmoscopic signs of chorio- retinitis pigmentosa, and similar discoverable signs of syphilis, any one or any combination of which, as the case may be, is less apt to lead one astray than the results of a Wassermann reaction.These and like signs were sought by the clinicians of the generation that passed with Delafield and the elder Janeway ; but the generation that holds the responsibility of the future is being inculcated with an almost reverential, respect for artificial methods that neither clinician nor pathologist can explain or control.CONCLUSIONS
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