WEIL'S DISEASE

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A complete discussion of Weil's disease will not be attempted in this paper. In a previous paper1I gave a general report of observations in 37 cases of Weil's disease, and another paper2now ready for publication reports observations in a larger series of 61 cases. Only such general considerations as are necessary to bring out points in the management and treatment of this disease will be discussed in this presentation. To the average physician the term Weil's disease suggests infectious (spirochetal) jaundice, but since nothing like all patients ill with this disease show jaundice the newer term leptospirosis is probably preferable. However, due to common usage the term Weil's disease will be used throughout this paper. This disease is probably not nearly as uncommon or as severe in the Western Hemisphere as the medical literature indicates. An editorial inThe Journal of the American Medical Associationof

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