Eugene L. Opie.

Washington University

School of Medicine

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
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The Etiology of Influenza. (By Francis G. Blake, M.D.; Thomas M. Rivers, M.D.; James C. Small, M.D.)[25]
Discussion, [43]; Conclusions, [49].
CHAPTER II
Clinical Features and Bacteriology of Influenza and Its Associated Purulent Bronchitis and Pneumonia. (By Francis G. Blake, M.D., and Thomas M. Rivers, M.D.)[51]
Influenza, [52]; Purulent Bronchitis, [56]; Pneumonia, [59]; Hemolytic Streptococcus Pneumonia Following Influenza, [70]; Bacillus Influenzæ Pneumonia Following Influenza, [72]; Summary, [73]; Discussion, [76].
CHAPTER III
Secondary Infection in the Ward Treatment of Influenza and Pneumonia. (By Eugene L. Opie, M.D.; Francis G. Blake, M.D.; James C. Small, M.D.; and Thomas M. Rivers, M.D.)[83]
Secondary Infection with S. Hemolyticus in Pneumonia, [84]; Secondary Infection with Pneumococcus in Pneumonia, [91]; Secondary Contact Infection in Influenza, [95]; Methods for the Prevention of Secondary Contact Infection in Influenza and Pneumonia, [98]; Summary, [106].
CHAPTER IV
The Pathology and Bacteriology of Pneumonia Following Influenza. (By E. L. Opie, M.D.; F. G. Blake, M.D.; and T. M. Rivers, M.D.)[107]
Bronchitis, [142]; Lobar Pneumonia, [154]; Bronchopneumonia, [162]; Peribronchial Hemorrhage and Pneumonia, [189]; Suppurative Pneumonia with Necrosis and Abscess Formation, [199]; Interstitial Suppurative Pneumonia, [209]; Suppurative Pneumonia with Multiple Clustered Abscesses Caused by Staphylococci, [225]; Empyema, Pericarditis and Peritonitis, [232]; Bronchiectasis, [239]; Unresolved Bronchopneumonia, [261].
CHAPTER V
Secondary Infection in the Ward Treatment of Measles. (By James C. Small, M.D.)[282]
Hemolytic Streptococci with Measles at Camp Pike, [297]; Complications of Measles, [303]; The Dissemination of Hemolytic Streptococci in Wards, [315]; Carriers of Hemolytic Streptococci, [321].
CHAPTER VI
The Pathology and Bacteriology of Pneumonia Following Measles. (By Eugene L. Opie, M.D.; Francis G. Blake, M.D.; James C. Small, M.D.; and Thomas M. Rivers, M.D.)[334]
Changes in Bronchi, [336]; Lobar Pneumonia, [337]; Bronchopneumonia, [340]; Suppurative Pneumonia, [347]; Pneumonia Associated with Acute Infectious Diseases other than Influenza and Measles, [353].
CHAPTER VII
Summary of the Investigation and Conclusions Reached. (By Eugene L. Opie, M.D.)[359]
Lobar Pneumonia, [362]; Bronchopneumonia, [363]; Streptococcus Pneumonia, [365]; Staphylococcus Pneumonia, [366]; Empyema, [366]; Bronchiectasis, [367]; Unresolved Bronchopneumonia, [368]; B. Influenzæ, [369]; Pneumococcus, [372]; S. Hemolyticus, [374]; Nonhemolytic Streptococci, [376]; Staphylococci, [377]; Pneumonia of Measles, [378]; The Transmission of Streptococcus Pneumonia, [381]; Transmission of Pneumococcus Pneumonia, [383]; Prevention of the Transmission of Pneumonia, [383].
APPENDIX
Experimental Inoculation of Monkeys with Bacillus Influenzæ and Microorganisms Isolated from the Pneumonias of Influenza. (By Eugene L. Opie, M.D.; Allen W. Freeman, M.D.; Francis G. Blake, M.D.; James C. Small, M.D.; and Thomas M. Rivers, M.D.)[387]
Inoculation of the Nose and Pharynx with B. Influenzæ, [389]; Introduction of Bacillus Influenzæ into the Trachea, [391]; Introduction of B. Influenzæ and S. Hemolyticus into the Trachea, [392]; Introduction of B. Influenzæ and of Pneumococcus or of Pneumococcus Alone into the Trachea, [393].

ILLUSTRATIONS

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1.The onset of cases of pneumonia shown by autopsy to be uncomplicated by secondary infection with hemolytic streptococcus and of cases of streptococcus pneumonia[141]
2.The date of onset of cases in which autopsy demonstrated lobar pneumonia[161]
3.Shows the relation of the epidemic of measles to that of influenza at Camp Pike, and the relations of the pneumonia following measles to both measles and influenza[293]
4.Shows the time interval between the onset of measles and the onset of the subsequent pneumonia in the 56 cases of pneumonia following measles at Camp Pike[306]
5.Shows the time relation between the identification of hemolytic streptococci in the throats and the development of otitis media in 27 cases shown to be due to hemolytic streptococci[314]
FIG.
1.Acute bronchitis showing engorgement of blood vessels of mucosa and elevation of epithelium by serum and blood[146]
2.Acute bronchopneumonia with nodules of peribronchiolar consolidation and purulent bronchitis[167]
3.Acute bronchopneumonia with peribronchiolar consolidation[169]
4.Acute bronchopneumonia with peribronchiolar consolidation[170]
5.Bronchopneumonia with hemorrhagic peribronchiolar consolidation[174]
6.Acute bronchopneumonia with confluent gray lobular consolidation in lower part of upper lobe and hemorrhagic peribronchiolar pneumonia in lower lobe; purulent bronchitis[180]
7.Bronchopneumonia with purulent bronchitis and peribronchial hemorrhage[190]
8.Streptococcus pneumonia with massive necrosis[201]
9.Abscess below pleura with perforation caused by hemolytic streptococci[202]
10.Interstitial suppurative pneumonia; interstitial septa are the site of suppuration and lymphatics are distended with purulent fluid; empyema[211]
11.Suppurative interstitial pneumonia[212]
12.Suppurative interstitial pneumonia[216]
13.Suppurative interstitial pneumonia showing a dilated lymphatic[217]
14.Endophlebitis occurring in association with suppurative pneumonia[219]
15.Abscesses in two clusters caused by S. aureus in upper part of right upper lobe[227]
16.Abscesses in cluster caused by S. aureus at apex of right lobe[228]
17.Acute bronchiectasis showing fissures penetrating into bronchial wall and at one place entering alveolar tissue[246]
18.Acute bronchiectasis showing fissures in the bronchial wall extending into neighboring alveoli which in zone about are filled with fibrin[247]
19.Acute bronchiectasis; the bronchial wall indicated by engorged mucosa shows a varying degree of destruction, fissures extending into and through the bronchial wall[248]
20.Acute bronchiectasis with destruction of bronchial wall exposing alveoli filled with fibrin[249]
21.Bronchiectasis with fissures extending through the bronchial wall into alveolar tissue which is site of fibrinous pneumonia[251]
22.Regeneration of epithelium over fissures which have been formed in the wall of a bronchus[252]
23.Squamous epithelium growing over the defect in the bronchial wall[253]
24.Acute bronchiectasis with fissures extending through bronchial wall which is marked by great engorgement of blood vessels[255]
25.Advanced bronchiectasis throughout lower left lobe[258]
26.Unresolved bronchopneumonia with tubercle-like nodules of peribronchiolar consolidation best seen in lower lobe; bronchiectasis[268]
27.Unresolved pneumonia with peribronchial formation of fibrous tissue; bronchiectasis[270]
28.Unresolved pneumonia with bronchiectasis showing new formation of fibrous tissue about a greatly dilated bronchus of which the epithelial lining has been lost[271]
29.Lobar pneumonia following measles[338]
30.Unresolved bronchopneumonia with measles showing new formation of fibrous tissue about a bronchus and in immediately adjacent alveolar walls[342]
31.Unresolved bronchopneumonia with measles showing a nodule of chronic fibrous pneumonia surrounding a respiratory bronchiole[343]
32.Unresolved bronchopneumonia with measles showing chronic pneumonia about a respiratory bronchiole and alveolar duct[344]
33.Experimental lobar pneumonia in the stage of gray hepatization produced by injection of Pneumococcus III into the trachea of a monkey[395]

EPIDEMIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE

THE PNEUMONIAS AND OTHER INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT ACCOMPANYING INFLUENZA AND MEASLES

CHAPTER I
THE ETIOLOGY OF INFLUENZA