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January 16, 1909, Vol LII, No. 3 >
ARTICLE | January 16, 1909

DIPHTHERITIC CONJUNCTIVITIS

MARIANA BERTOLA, M.D.
JAMA. 1909;LII(3):209-210. doi:10.1001/jama.1909.25420290035002.
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This paper is not written from the standpoint of the specialist but from that of the general practitioner. It does not present anything new for consideration, but it calls attention to a condition which is more frequent than is commonly supposed.

FREQUENCY  Jacobi of New York says that about the year 1850 diphtheritic conjunctivitis was frequent and destructive. DeSchweinitz declared it rare in America and England and very prevalent in France and Germany. Since that period the number of cases reported has been less. In pre-antitoxin days Graefe reported three cases and three deaths; Gilbert, four; Widimark, one.In 1904 Kooken reported eighty-one cases of diphtheria, in forty-seven of which diphtheritic conjunctivitis was present. In 1904 Juler also reported one case. In 1906-7 Bruns, having a splendid opportunity in the south, reported thirty-six cases. The British Medical Journal, the Lancet, and The Journal report no cases for 1906.McCollom declares

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