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Excerpt from The Malarial Fevers of Baltimore: An Analysis of 616 Cases of Malarial Fever, With Special Reference to the Relations Existing Between Different Types of Haematozoa and Different Types of Fever
During the five years between-june 14th, 1889, and August Ist, 1894, 616 cases of malarial fever were treated in the wards ahd in the medical out - patient department of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. In a considerable number of cases occurring in the out patient department, hasty or Insufficient examinations of the blood failed to Show the specific micro - organisms, while in other instances examination of the blood was omitted on account of lack of time. Most of these cases are classified in the hospital records as malarial fever they have not been included in our analysis. Excepting two or three instances where the patients entered the hospital during convalescence, the specific micro-organism was found in every case of malarial fever treated in the wards.
The writers of this article have observed practically all the cases here classified after October, 1890. In a number of those observed before this time careful notes or drawings were made, which enabled us to draw definite conclusions with regard to the type of the organism. In other cases, however, the entries upon the records were so vague that, while the charts might justify a more or less decided opinion as to the nature of the infection, we have not included them among those cases Where the type was definitely differentiated.
As a result of our observations, we believe that we have been able to recognize certain distinct types of parasites which appear to be related in turn to certain almost equally characteristic types of fever. It is the principal object of this paper to determine by a careful analysis of all of our cases in how far our impressions may be justified, and to compare our results with those of the numerous recent observers in this and in other countries.
We have prefaced our analysis by an historical summary of the more important literature concerning the malarial parasite.
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