TY - JOUR T1 - Epidemic encephalitis: Etiology, epidemiology, treatment Y1 - 1939/12/02 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1939.02800480073037 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 2087 EP - 2087 VL - 113 IS - 23 N2 - This is a complete contribution on epidemic encephalitis. It is the third report of the Matheson Commission and comprises etiology, epidemiology and treatment. It consists of five chapters: (1) the work of the commission; (2) summary of investigation on etiology of encephalitis due to epidemic, St. Louis type, Japanese B, equine encephalomyelitis, postvaccinal and postinfectious, hemorrhagic and australian X-disease; (3) various allied diseases such as louping ill, lymphocytic choriomeningitis and the Guillain-Barré syndrome; (4) summary of the treatment of encephalitis with a description of about forty-eight methods of treatment; (5) epidemiology of epidemic encephalitis, St. Louis and Japanese B types of encephalitis. There is a comprehensive bibliography of about 3,510 papers on encephalitis. There is an excellent index. This book is recommended to all medical men as well as to bacteriologists, neurologists and pathologists. SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1939.02800480073037 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800480073037 ER -