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G. G. Liddle, MD
Bloomington, Hawaii

JAMA. 1968;206(13):2900.

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To the Editor:—

The recent article by Kuhn and others records experimental transmission of the treponematosis pinta to chimpanzees, with some degree of success (206:829, 1968).

The second reference is to an article by "Blanco, F.L.," and it is sad that American writers (and editors) will so carelessly refer to a man by his matronymic, instead of his patronymic, which in this case was León. He was Dr. León to all who knew him, Dr. León Blanco formally, or on state occasion, but never Dr. Blanco. The reference should have been to "Leon Blanco, F." The "y" is commonly omitted by Spanish Americans, and the loss of the accent trivial, but omission of the patronymic in favor of the matronymic would to many a Spaniard imply illegitimacy. Of course, no such inference would be risked here, but it would seem possible that the correct "Leon Blanco" should have been . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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