RT Journal
A1 McKINNEY R
T1 STreptococcic infections of the throat
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD May 29
VO LII
IS 22
SP 1751
OP 1754
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.25420480021002d
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.25420480021002d
AB During the past few months a great deal of attention has been attracted to the subject of streptococcic infections of the throat, and there have been two contributions to the literature of the subject which are of more than ordinary interest. At the Chicago meeting of the American Medical Association last June, Dr. Alice G. Bryant, of Boston, read a paper1 describing a series of cases in which the infection fastened on the so-called adenoid tissue found in the pharynx, and in which there were marked symptoms of infection, with temperature ranging from the neighborhood of 100 to 104 F., and at times a free discharge from the nose of a creamy consistency, masses of adenoid tissue sometimes being found in this discharge. Bacteriologic examination of the discharge in the cases reported by Dr. Bryant showed streptococci in abundance.By far the most interesting article that I have seen