The Animal Kingdom, a Reservoir of Human Disease

Article1 August 1948THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, A RESERVOIR OF HUMAN DISEASEK. F. MEYER, M.D.K. F. MEYER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-29-2-326 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe everlasting questions "why epidemics" and "in what manner has the human race become subject to multiform epidemization" encouraged for over a span of 40 years and on three continents the quest for answers. With the improvement of investigative methods, disease entities due to hitherto unknown infectious processes have been identified. To be sure, the number is steadily increasing, and there is no reason to believe that the total has as yet been reached. 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