Antiseptic therapeutics / by E.L. Trouessart ; translated by E.P. Hurd.

  • Hurd E. P. (Edward Payson), 1838-1899.
Date:
1893
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    considered as no less infectious than the above, and the antiseptic treatment is the more necessary since tonsillar abscess is sometimes a complication. Pseudo-Membranous Diphtheroid Anginas.— These anginas, which only differ from diphtheritic anginas by their relative benignity, have been considered as attenuated forms of diphtheria. It is more probable that they are due to a differ- ■ ent microbe, which causes the formation of false mem- branes similar in appearance to the true diphtheritic exudate. The less virulent nature of the toxines secreted explains the relative benignity of these affections, but the local antiseptic treatment of diph- theritic angina should be applied with equal care, particularly in the case of children, where the local symptoms have so great importance. One of these anginas, at least {Pneumococcus an- gina), has been studied quite thoroughly. Anginas Due to the Pneumococcus.—We use the plural of angina because, according to M. Netter, the Klebsiella salivaris Tr^visan, or Talamon-Frankei microbe, designated by the common name of pneu- mococcus,* and considered as the specific microbe of fibnnous pneumonia, may produce the four following forms of angina: (i) Suppurative amygdalitis; (2) Pseudo-membranous angina; (3) Follicular amygdali- tis; (4) Simple and herpetic angina.f *In French we use the word Pneumococcus ox the sys- tematic name of Klebsiella salivaris. t Semaine M/dicale, May 13, iSgr, p. i 95.