Hemoglobinuric fever / William H. Deaderick.

  • Deaderick, William H. (William Heiskell), 1876-1945
Date:
1908
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Credit: Hemoglobinuric fever / William H. Deaderick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that pregnancy conferred immunity; however, Krauss®4 has reported a case in a pregnant woman, who made a tedious recovery after abortion. 155 have recently published brief notes of a case occurring in the practice of a colleague. The woman aborted on the third day of the disease and died on the fourth. Acer. Probably more cases occur in the third and fourth decades. This is especially true in the tropics. Going from the equator a larger percentage of cases in the young is en- countered. DANIELS?® saw a case in a half-caste about five years old; WernpLAND!® mentions one in a girl of four; Mas- TERMAN?? in a girl of two; Fiscu®® saw cases in children of fourteen months and two and one-half years, and McE.roy®® one at twelve months. Season. In the tropics,.like malaria, it 1s perennial, occur- ring without marked seasonal prevalence, though probably commoner in the transition period from the moist to the dry seasons. In the temperate zone it appears at the height of, or immediately following, the malarial season, the second half of the year showing by far the greater number of cases, espec- ially August, September and October. A few cases are seen in the first six months. In Greece it is during the months of November and December that the majority of cases occur. Famity Prepisposition. ‘ToMASELLI believed in a well- marked family tendency, having observed cases in several members of the same family. Danrens?® refers to three fam- ilies in which he noticed this predisposition. Threesuch fam- ies are known to me. Iptosynorasy. An idiosyncrasy in susceptibleindividuals has long been assumed and by many passively accepted as the sole explanation of the mysteries of pathogenesis. FousTanos! holds that idiosynecrasy is either congenital or acquired, as the result of debility or bodily changes due to syphilis, mala- ria, etc. There is not sufficient evidence to show that heredity plays an important part in whatever is meant by this vague term. Itis probably a condition of equilibrium between hem- olysin resulting from malarial influence and anti-hemolysin. The pathogenesis will be considered in its proper place. Previous ATTacks or HeMocLospinurtaA. Who has had black-
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