The pathology of influenza
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ANTHONY N. BRADY
FIG. I. AUTOPSY NO. 99. ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC AND ULCERATIVE LARYNGOTRACHEITIS.
M. C. WINTERNITZ, ISABEL M. WASON AND FRANK P. MCNAMARA
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THE BRADY LABORATORY OF PATHOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY, YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL
NEW HAVEN
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON · HUMPHREY MILFORD · OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
M. C. Winternitz
Frank P. McNamara
Isabel M. Wason
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE PATHOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT IN INFLUENZA
A. LESIONS OF THE TRACHEA AND BRONCHI
B. LESIONS OF THE LUNG
(1) ACUTE DIFFUSE FULMINATING TYPE OF PNEUMONIA
(2) LOCALIZATION AND NECROTIZATION OF THE PNEUMONIC PROCESS
(3) ORGANIZATION OF BRONCHIOLAR AND PNEUMONIC PROCESSES.
II. INFLUENCE OF THE RESPIRATORY COMPLICATION OF INFLUENZA UPON TUBERCULOSIS OF THE LUNG
III. EXTRARESPIRATORY LESIONS IN INFLUENZA
A. LESIONS OF THE HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM
B. LESIONS OF THE BLOOD VESSELS AND ELSEWHERE IN THE BODY
C. MISCELLANEOUS LESIONS
IV. COMPARISON BETWEEN THE RESPIRATORY LESIONS OF INFLUENZA AND THOSE INITIATED BY THE INHALATION OF POISONOUS GASES
A. THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE VERSUS THE SYSTEMIC CAPACITY TO COMPENSATE
B. THE PRIMARY INJURY
C. THE TENDENCY TO ORGANIZATION OF BRONCHIOLAR AND ALVEOLAR EXUDATES
D. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TRACHEA AND ITS RAMIFICATIONS AS A PROTECTIVE MECHANISM AGAINST INFECTION OF THE PULMONARY PARENCHYMA
V. PECULIARITIES OF THE HISTOLOGY OF INFLUENZAL PNEUMONIA
A. THE EXTENT OF THE INITIAL PULMONARY LESION
B. THE HEMORRHAGIC EXUDATE
C. THE APLASTIC EXUDATE
D. THE HYALINE NECROSIS OF THE PULMONARY TISSUE
E. THE ORGANIZATION PROCESS
VI. INFECTION AS A POSSIBLE ETIOLOGICAL FACTOR FOR MALIGNANT NEW GROWTHS
VII. THE BACTERIOLOGY OF INFLUENZAL PNEUMONIA
A. ORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH INFLUENZAL PNEUMONIA
B. THE RELATION OF THE TYPE OF ORGANISM TO PLEURAL INVOLVEMENT
C. THE RELATION OF DIFFERENT ORGANISMS TO THE TYPE OF PNEUMONIA
D. SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION
VIII. CONCLUSIONS
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