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EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA IN ALASKA. 1935

HORACE PETTIT, M.D.; STUART MUDD, M.D.; D. SERGEANT PEPPER, M.D.

J Am Med Assoc. 1936;106(11):890-892.

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Influenza occurred in mild epidemic form in a number of cities of the United States during the winter of 1934-1935.¹ In and about Philadelphia the disease was prevalent during December 1934 and January 1935. Adults who had been through the pandemic of 1918-1919, as well as children, were attacked. Characteristically the disease was mild but was followed by malaise and fatigability apparently out of proportion to the acute febrile illness. The clinical picture was typical of influenza. There was leukopenia affecting chiefly the polymorphonuclear neutrophils, and in fatal cases hemorrhagic edema of the lungs. Abstracts of two fatal cases representative of a larger number follow:

Case 1.—

Rachel R., aged 17, admitted to Bryn Mawr Hospital² Dec. 14, 1934, died December 16, was a high school girl and had had thirteen previous admissions to the hospital because of diabetes. Three days before death the patient had loss of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PHILADELPHIA

From the Department of Bacteriology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

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