Report of the Scientific committee appointed by the Royal medical & chirurgical society to investigate the relations between membranous croup and diphtheria.

  • Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London
Date:
1879
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Credit: Report of the Scientific committee appointed by the Royal medical & chirurgical society to investigate the relations between membranous croup and diphtheria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Report of the Committee . . . .1 Object and Scope of the Inquiry, 3. I. Causation, 6. II. Condi- tions of occurrence—Season, weather, climate, 10; Hygienic condi- tion, 11; Association with other diseases, 13; Origin of membra- nous laryngitis from a definite exposure to cold, 15. III. Course and symptoms in individual cases—mode of onset, &c., 15—20 ; Relations of membranous and non-membranous laryngitis, 20; Definition of the word Croup, 27; Definition of the word Diphtheria, 30 ; Sum- mary of conclusions, 31. Copies of Circulars of Inquiries . . . 34-7 Appendix I. Digest of Replies to Queries . . 39 II. Report on the History and early Literature of the Subject . . .67 III. Historical Sketch of Anatomical Distinctions which have been drawn between Croup and Diphtheria . . . .77 — History of the Anatomy of Diphtheria in England . . . .77 — Ditto in Germany . . .80 IV. Report on the Histology of the Laryngeal and Tracheal False Membrane . . 89 — Case of Membranous Laryngitis from Eau de Cologne, by Dr. Whitehead Reid . . 95 V. Dr. Dickinson’s Tables of Cases, with Remarks 101 VI. Dr. Hilton Fagge’s Collection of Cases 127 VII. Dr. Gee’s Tables of Cases . .149 VIII. List of Reports to the Medical Officers of the Privy Council and Local Government Board on Outbreaks of Diphtheria and on subjects related thereto . . . 167