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PETER BENT BRIGHAM HOSPITAL
HERBERT B. HOWARD, M. D. H UNTINGTON AVENUE AND FRANCIS STREET HARVEY CUSHING, M. D.
SUPERINTENDENT
MAIL ADDRESS, FENWAY STATION SURGEON-IN-CHIEF
HENRY A. CHRISTIAN, M. D- S. BURT WOLBACH, M. D.
PHYSICIAN-IN-CHIEF PATHOLOGIST
BOSTON v,
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Yale~ "siiofl Ochoci
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>i'crfessrr?fInslco,
The influesnza ste:.es:zferred to xre s:Vitld "tInnaL3 of In<rza
it byhephopsonan-bl. ieQ th Syinhat u in 1
in regrard to the mneorwinu of the?omnittee on EPii3miilomr itseP
to: e that thie scond cloause of IT0, l Thcta be irnvestigatedI. T do rot ioubht >ut that
tPene 1is 'uch dangÂ~er of mixed 'nfectios iut it is not proven.?hether tCes are crossel
infectico from- ccontact. T! e tcen the cr-gariSL in the mixej infection should be tha
aein patients nrar eac'h othe- r. th: vardas. Ais requires study to prove:r disprovi
No. 2 T a -uyv in accord 4th.
Tn No. 3 T do ot think xe 'Justifiei in the state-nt, "The il
cat-trrhal coldSso*acprevalent are often ufndeJtily d;e to inflctiun by the irnfluenza
bacillus". "'he rest of e. - is ll ri t,
Nos. 4, 5and i2 ina4ccord Vth.
No, 7 believe should b tll ore stronglyv emasized. athi
scl b ode ete-fitwr ex. esss a folos:"Tere is general testimcn~y fro.
all responrsible sources asA to the d-anor of pneuoia deelpir durin the course of
the disease and that the develop ernt of pnearia, epyeta -anI other serious comp licaticon
constitute a grave danger: Tn a runbr o: c-s the -irary infectionr saa to nr its
course anT the temperAture decre-iseS. P that period pn-eumonia begins cn2 t is prcbable
that the severity c-f tha pnIeuonia is uc> inreased by the patient-s heir? alilyd to
get up too soon. Tn Jome car s t1i >terval is ftirly long. A safe role wouli be
that n opatient shoul1 be allowel cu+ of bed for ore *eek after his tecreraturm has re
turnel to normal if the temper hture has at a Ti bzeen above.1 f-or -ore tar we
I Anaer the fir use provisor s of the co-pyrigh t - f te- -i urea States -1/c 1, tlu smgiecoywas prducedWtr reteren c nly
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