Epidemic Respiratory Disease

Early Twentieth-Century Studies in Influenza, Bacteriology, Clinical Pathology, and Public HealthBy Eugene Lindsay Opie, Francis G. Blake, James C. Small, Thomas M. Rivers
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Epidemic Respiratory Disease brings together a rigorously interdisciplinary body of medical writing on the recurrent threat of respiratory contagion. Moving among clinical observation, pathological analysis, bacteriological inquiry, and public-health reasoning, the volume charts how epidemic illness demands both close attention to individual bodies and broad awareness of social transmission. Its range of approaches gives special force to discussions of influenza-like outbreaks, pulmonary complications, and the uncertain mechanisms through which respiratory disease spreads. The contributions of Eugene Lindsay Opie, Francis G. Blake, James C. Small, and Thomas M. Rivers reflect a formative era in modern infectious-disease research, when laboratory methods, hospital records, and epidemiological investigation were increasingly brought into conversation. Collectively, these physician-scientists illuminate the intellectual transition from descriptive accounts of epidemics toward more systematic explanations of immunity, causation, and prevention. Their distinct professional perspectives make the collection a valuable record of the collaborative, sometimes provisional character of medical knowledge in the face of rapidly moving disease. Recommended for readers of medical history, epidemiology, virology, and public health, this volume offers an unusual opportunity to examine epidemic respiratory illness through several complementary lenses. Its breadth encourages critical reflection on evidence, uncertainty, and institutional response, while the dialogue among its contributions remains instructive for understanding both past epidemics and enduring questions of preparedness.

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GenreHealth and Wellness, Literary Classics
Length13 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 28, 2022
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction - Complete 20 Volumes (Annotated)
2INTRODUCTION
3I. THE ETIOLOGY OF INFLUENZA
4Discussion
5Conclusions
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6II. CLINICAL FEATURES AND BACTERIOLOGY OF INFLUENZA AND ITS ASSOCIATED PURULENT BRONCHITIS AND PNEUMONIA
7Influenza
8Purulent Bronchitis
9Pneumonia
10Hemolytic Streptococcus Pneumonia Following Influenza
11Bacillus Influenzæ Pneumonia Following Influenza
12Summary
13Discussion
14III. SECONDARY INFECTION IN THE WARD TREATMENT OF INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA
15Secondary Infection with S. Hemolyticus in Pneumonia
16Secondary Infection with Pneumococcus in Pneumonia
17Secondary Contact Infection in Influenza
18Methods for the Prevention of Secondary Contact Infection in Influenza and Pneumonia
19Summary
20IV. THE PATHOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY OF PNEUMONIA FOLLOWING INFLUENZA
21Bronchitis
22Lobar Pneumonia
23Bronchopneumonia
24Peribronchial Hemorrhage and Pneumonia
25Suppurative Pneumonia With Necrosis and Abscess Formation
26Interstitial Suppurative Pneumonia
27Suppurative Pneumonia with Multiple Clustered Abscesses Caused by Staphylococci
28Empyema, Pericarditis and Peritonitis
29Bronchiectasis
30Unresolved Bronchopneumonia
31V. SECONDARY INFECTION IN THE WARD TREATMENT OF MEASLES
32Hemolytic Streptococci with Measles at Camp Pike
33Complications of Measles
34The Dissemination of Hemolytic Streptococci in Wards
35Carriers of Hemolytic Streptococci
36VI. THE PATHOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY OF PNEUMONIA FOLLOWING MEASLES
37VII. SUMMARY OF THE INVESTIGATION AND CONCLUSIONS REACHED
38APPENDIX
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