MENINGITIS
- 3 May 1924
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 82 (18) , 1429-1430
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1924.02650440023009
Abstract
In the recent literature a number of interesting papers have appeared dealing with the incidence of meningitis in early infancy, particularly in the first two or three months of life. A study of these papers reveals the fact that such cases are comparatively rare. Three very valuable contributions to this subject are the articles by Barron,1in 1918; by Root,2in 1921, and by Cooke and Bell,3in 1922. These papers contain extensive reviews of the literature and complete bibliographies. No attempt will be made in this paper to review the literature again, but references will be made to the statistics collected therein for purposes of comparison with our own tables. Since 1910, when the meningitis division of the department of health of New York City was established by Dr. W. H. Park, there has been an opportunity for the members of that division to study aKeywords
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