The Significance of Fever and Blood Protein Changes in Regard to Defense Against Infection

Article1 September 1932The Significance of Fever and Blood Protein Changes in Regard to Defense Against InfectionHOBART A. REIMANN, M.D.HOBART A. REIMANN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-3-362 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFever, one of the most constant and striking features characteristic of the invasion and growth of pathogenic microörganisms, has attracted the attention of physicians since the beginning of medicine. Hippocrates, Celsus, Sydenham and many others considered it of importance as a defensive mechanism against disease,"vis medicatrix naturae". This viewpoint prevailed generally until the nineteenth century when a number of observers took an opposite stand. Claude Bernard, Liebermeister and others devoted much attention to fever and believed it to be harmful. 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