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Myron C. Greengold, MD

JAMA. 1968;204(1):57-58.

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The SS Progress continues to study and treat a wealth of clinical material, of a character rarely encountered in the United States.

Report of Cases

Case 1.—

A 17-year-old itinerant princess presented with painful bruises of the interscapular and lumbar areas of the back, the buttocks, and the tissue over both greater trochanters. She had been well until the night prior to admission when, at her fiance's palace, she inadvertently slept on a pea left under her 20 mattresses and 20 featherbeds, with the injuries noted resulting. She denied ever having experienced a similar night. She had had occasional epistaxis in childhood, catamenia was uneventful, and no other difficulties with excessive bleeding were admitted. The whole royal family was known to have delicate skin, and the mother-in-law-elect claimed likewise.

Physical examination revealed a well-developed, slender female of stated age with multiple tender discreet ecchymoses and confluent purpuric spots, up to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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