A Case in Which the Clinical Symptoms Simulated a Cerebellar Abscess. Brain Explored on Two Occasions. No Abscess Discovered. Recovery
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A Case of Cerebellar Abscess.
~~CONCLUTSIONS . Certain points arise out of the consideration of these cases. First, psittacosis is still liable to occur in this country, and should be borne in mind when one or more patients in a household are found to be suffering from an influenzal type of illness, with early signs in the lungs and perhaps some typhoid-like symptoms, such as epistaxis, abdominal distension, vomiting, const...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1910
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591571000301135