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ERVIN EPSTEIN, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1952;66(2):240-243.

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THE CLICHÉ "There is nothing new under the sun," is proved by repetition in medicine. New entities are recognized and reported constantly. Yet identical cases have been observed and perhaps recorded previous to the "original" report. The voluminous medical literature makes it impossible for an author claiming priority to check all previous reports of a given condition. Furthermore, identical cases may be described under different names, so that even the Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus will not reveal such reports.

A case in point is cat-scratch fever. According to Greer and Keefer,¹ their article in April, 1951, was the first report of this entity in the English literature. However, they state that Foshay² called their attention to this disease and had prepared a diagnostic antigen for skin testing. They also point out that Debré, Lamy, Jammet, Costil, and Mozziconacci³ had described this condition in the French . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
OAKLAND, CALIF.

From the Department of Dermatology, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco.

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