Diphtheria / by William P. Northrup ; measles, scarlatina, German measles / by Theodor von Jürgensen ; ed., with additions by William P. Northrup ; authorized translation from the German, under the editorial supervision of Alfred Stengel.

  • Northrup, William P. (William Percy), 1851-
Date:
1902
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Credit: Diphtheria / by William P. Northrup ; measles, scarlatina, German measles / by Theodor von Jürgensen ; ed., with additions by William P. Northrup ; authorized translation from the German, under the editorial supervision of Alfred Stengel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EDITOR’S PREFACE. It has been a privilege and an honor to assist in bringing before American readers this great storehouse of modern medicine. It has been a pleasure to become intimately accpiainted with Professor Jiirgensen’s article on measles, bringing out so fully the valuable Danish records of the Faroe Islands epidemic. Never before, to my knowledge, has so well-digested a report been put before the reader. Little has been added to the knowledge of the essential causative agents of measles, scarlet fever, and rotheln, or to the sub- jects of diagnosis and symptomatology of the diseases, and there- fore little can be culled from recent literature to bring these valuable articles more fully up to date. What has been deemed of value has been added, and it is hoped the reader will find in this book a store- house of all that is modern. The article on diphtheria, emanating from New York, presents a consideration of intubation and croup rather fuller in detail than most authors would think necessary. Beginning his work as patholo- gist at the New York Foundling Hosjntal, when the first bivalve tubes were used, and having been associated with Dr. O’Dwyer at every step in the perfection of intubation tubes, the author has ful- filled a labor of love in presenting a complete description of this aspect of the treatment of diphtlieria as a memorial of appreciation of his colleague and friend, Joseph O’Dwyer. The author wishes to express his thanks to his clinical assistant. Dr. Matthias Nicoll, Jr., who aided in collecting and analyzing literature; to Dr. Henry James Prentiss, Demonstrator anti Instruc- tor in Practical Anatomy in the University and Bellevue IIos})ital Medical College, who aided in the preparation of illustrations; and to Mr. E. W. Caldwell, Director of the lulward N. Gibbs X-ray Laboratory. Finally, the author wishes to join the editors of other volumes in acknowledging the courteous and liberal treatment of both the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Alfred Stengel, and the publishers, Messrs. W. B. Saunders & Company. William P. N<|J{thrup. 57 East 79th Street, New York. April, 1902.