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FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF HYPERPYREXIA

ERVIN EPSTEIN, M.D.; STANLEY O. CHAMBERS, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1937;36(5):1044-1051.

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The previously reported successful therapy of keratosis blennorrhagica by one of us (E. E.¹) has prompted this further study of the effect of artificial hyperpyrexia in the treatment of this disease. The technic was fully described in the previous communication and need not be reviewed. It suffices to state that it is a minor variation of the blanket method employed by Norman Epstein and Maurice Cohen² in the treatment of syphilis. The rarity of gonorrheal keratoses renders the presentation of small series of value in the establishment of this therapeutic agent. The cases reported are also noteworthy because of the association of corneal lesions with the keratosis.

REPORT OF CASES

Case 1.—

G. F. M., a man aged 22, in 1929 had polyarthritis which followed a purulent discharge from the left ear. Although there was no history of syphilitic lesions, a diagnosis of syphilis was made. Treatment consisted . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
OAKLAND, CALIF.; LOS ANGELES

From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, Los Angeles County Hospital.

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