THE TREATMENT OF THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS

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Abstract
Nothing very positive can be stated as regards the etiology of the peculiar disease that was studied by Buerger and called by him thrombo-angiitis obliterans, and no satisfactory explanation has as yet been given for the peculiar distribution of the disease. It is our belief that some hereditary transmitted defect, probably sex-linked in character, plays an important part in its causation. Whether the abnormality is primarily one of the blood, of the blood vessels, of the sympathetic nervous system or of the glands of internal secretion, is yet to be determined. There are some facts that point to a possible involvement of any one of these four systems. The discovery of the real nature of this disease is of great importance if a rational therapy is ever to be evolved, and studies along these lines are being carried out in the special clinic established for the treatment of this group

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