The Clinical and Roentgenographic Manifestations of Primary Atypical Pneumonia, Etiology Unknown

Article1 February 1946THE CLINICAL AND ROENTGENOGRAPHIC MANIFESTATIONS OF PRIMARY ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA, ETIOLOGY UNKNOWNJOHN B. MCDONALD, BERNARD EHRENPREISJOHN B. MCDONALDSearch for more papers by this author, BERNARD EHRENPREISSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-2-153 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe increasing prevalence of atypical forms of primary pneumonia in the past decade has been seriously studied both in civilian and military practice throughout North America, Continental Europe and England. A bronchopneumonia similar to the virus pneumonia so common today was probably first described in 1872.1Different names have been applied to this syndrome more recently. Beginning in 1934 Gallagher2called it "bronchopneumonia"; later, in 1941, the same author2named it "acute pneumonitis." 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