ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM
- 1 January 1931
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1908)
- Vol. 47 (1) , 28-41
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1931.00140190037004
Abstract
This is a report of ninety-seven cases of erythema infectiosum which occurred in Branford, Conn., during the late fall and winter of 1929-1930. We saw fifty-seven cases in the series and kept clinical records. Information concerning the remainder of the cases was obtained from Dr. A. S. McQueen, health officer, or from the Visiting Nurse Association. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE In 1886, Tschamer1reported from Graz an epidemic of thirtycases of an eruptive disease which he differentiated from typical rubella, but considered a modified form (örtliche rötheln). Gumplowicz,2in 1891, and Tobeitz,3in 1898, both from Graz, reported further cases confirming Tschamer's observations and also agreeing with him that the condition was modified German measles. Escherich,4in a discussion of Tobeitz' paper read at Moscow in 1896, was the first to suggest that the disease was a distinct entity. Schmidt,5in 1899, from Escherich's clinic in Graz, described two furtherThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: