UNTIL the appearance in 1950 of reports1 , 2 of rickettsial-pox in Boston, naturally occurring human cases of the disease had been recognized only in the metropolitan area of New York City. The Boston cases represented in one instance a laboratory infection and in the other a case acquired by natural means in the patient's usual environment. The present report concerns the second naturally occurring case of rickettsial-pox diagnosed in Massachusetts.Case ReportA 46-year-old housewife was admitted to the Boston City Hospital on August 26, 1950, complaining of severe headache and fever of three days' duration. She had apparently been in . . .
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