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ELLIOTT C. CUTLER, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1929;38(4):683-698.

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It is my intention to bring together here experimental data concerning the etiology of pulmonary abscess. There is no field in medicine which shows such active growth and so much varied and intensive investigation as that having to do with conditions in the thorax, and within this domain the question of pulmonary suppuration has had its full share of study. Moreover, the information now available in this restricted field carries a great lesson in prophylaxis, a part of one's professional duties that is becoming increasingly important. Thus, though it cannot be claimed that abscess of the lung is a common clinical entity, the lesson which may be indicated by determining its mode of occurrence has a wide application.

My interest and that of my associates in abscess of the lung developed from a study of the larger topic of postoperative pulmonary complications. Historical studies and six years of diligent and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CLEVELAND

From the Department of Surgery, the Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Lakeside Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, May 9, 1929.

Read before the Academy of Medicine, New York, April 4, 1929.

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