The Deadly Dinner Party: and Other Medical Detective Stories
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dermatologist, 48–49
dermatome, 48
devil’s cherries. See Atropa belladonna diabetes, 50, 61, 163, 165, 166, 197, 207 dialysis, 62, 65, 68, 70, 82
dietary fiber, 165–66, 168
dilated pupil, 6, 116, 118, 119–22, 126–
27
dilator muscle, 118
diplopia, 76
diverticulosis, 165
dog tick. See Dermacentor tick dropped apples, 70
duodenum, 159, 160
Du Pont Company, 107–9
facial nerve palsy. See Bell’s palsy Fall River, Massachusetts, 58, 65–71 fat-soluble, 195, 205
fecal-oral route, 21
Feuerstein, Aaron, 103–4, 115 fiber, dietary, 165–66, 168
fight-or-flight response, 118
Fineberg, Harvey, 131, 134, 137 Fisher, Charles Miller, 80
fish tapeworm, 42
fish tuberculosis, 43
flocking, 104, 106–7, 132
flock worker’s lung, 114
flu. See influenza
fluorocarbon polymer, 107, 112 focal process, 19
Folkestone, England, 31
folliculitis, 50, 52, 56
Food and Drug Administration
E. coli. See Escherichia coli
ear infection, 171
Eberth, Karl Joseph, 20
Eddie Bauer, 114
ehrlichiosis, 83
Eight-Week Cholesterol Cure (Kowalski), 167
electroencephalogram (EEG), 86 Elizabeth II (queen of England), 22,
163
emergency room, 5, 39, 102, 117, 126,
184, 205
endovascular therapy, 121
epidemics, 13, 21–24, 28, 33, 52, 64–65,
87, 97, 110, 137, 142, 177–79
epidemiologists, 13, 25–26, 44, 67–69,
87, 106, 137
epidemiology, 5, 25, 63, 66, 97
epidemiology intelligence officer, 25,
63
Epidemiology Intelligence Service,
66
erysipelothrix, 43
Escherich, Theodore, 62
Escherichia coli, 23–24, 62–67, 69–71 Etkind, Paul, 137
(FDA), 10, 16, 139, 182, 183, 208 food poisoning, 5, 6, 135, 205
formaldehyde resin, 107
Frost, Robert, 104
furosemide, 196
gadolinium, 188
gastroenteritis, 34–35, 39, 41, 44, 59–
60 , 78, 182
generalized process, 19
Georgetown University Hospital,
39
glomerulonephritis, 61
gonorrhea, 49
Gordon, Marsha, 48–49
granuloma, 43
groin nodes, 49, 121
Guillain, George, 79
Guillain-Barré syndrome, 5, 12, 14,
78 –83, 85–86
Guyer, Bernard, 131, 133–38, 143 gynecologist, 133, 170, 173
Hadwen, Seymour, 84–85
hamburger disease, 64
Harris, Kenwin, 108
Harry Potter, 163
Harvard Medical School, 146, 176, 180 Harvard School of Public Health, 105,
131
Havana, Cuba, 162
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), 96,
hemodialysis, 81
hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS),
62 , 64–66, 68–69, 71
henbane plant, 122–24
Henretig, Fred, 75, 77–78, 80–81 hepatitis, 97, 182
hernia, 159, 160, 168
herpes simplex, 49
high fiber diet, 166, 168, 169
histamine, 134, 136, 139–43
histidine, 136, 141
histidine decarboxylase, 136
Hodges, Nathaniel, 163
Holick, Michael, 201–4, 206–7, 209 homeostasis, 199–200
horse serum, 12
host, 3, 17, 20, 28, 35, 50, 61, 83, 102 host defense mechanism, 35
hot tub, 51, 53, 56
Howell, William, 84
hypercalcemia, 198, 200–201, 206–7,
209
hypersensitivity pneumonia, 90–91,
95, 98
infectious diseases, 5, 19, 21, 24, 60, 90, 134, 148
influenza, 4, 18, 34, 88, 91, 108
interstitial lung disease, 112
intestine, large, 60, 63, 158, 159, 162, 164–65, 167, 168, 170
intestine, small, 26, 158, 159, 164, 167 intracranial pressure, 187–88, 200– 201
intravenous immunoglobulin, 80 intravenous procedural sedation, 81 Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine (Bernard), 198
iris, 117–19, 147
Ixodes tick, 82
ileum, 159, 160, 168
immunization, 78, 80
immunoglobulins, 35, 80 impressionist movement, 133 incubation period, 22, 51, 53 Indian subcontinent, 21
Jack-in-the-Box restaurant, 64, 65 Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 139 Jamestown, Virgina, 123
jejunum, 159
jimsonweed, 123
Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore),
20 , 153
Jones, Samuel, 138
Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA), 51, 110
Kakamega, Kenya, 10
Karmali, Mohamed, 64, 69 Kentucky Lake, 40
keratitis, 51
Kern, David, 112–14
Kerner, Justin, 6–8, 11
kidney failure, 61–62, 82 Kim, Melanie, 66
Kingston, New York, 3
Koch, Robert, 7, 28, 38, 153–55 Kowalski, Robert, 167
L.L. Bean, 114
Lancet, The, 108, 124, 177
Landry de Thézillat, Jean-Baptiste Octave, 78
Lands End, 114
latent period, 108
Legionnaire’s disease, 98
Lenin, Vladimir, 205
Lett, Susan, 66–67, 69, 70–71, 114, 204–5
leukemia, 53, 90, 145
Levy, Don, 166, 168
Lind, James, 202
liver disease, 164, 171–72, 177–79
Loch Maree, Scotland, 8
loofah, 53–57
Louis-Napoléon (emperor of France), 198
low-density lipoproteins (LDL), 167
lumbar puncture. See spinal tap
lung cancer, 91
Lyme disease, 34, 48, 80, 82–83, 193
lymph nodes, 43, 49, 88
lymphocytes, 90, 144–45, 150
Massachusetts General Hospital, 89, 101
Massachusetts Special Legislative Commission on Indoor Pollution, 99
Mawson, Douglas, 194–95
measles, 49
Medford, Oregon, 63
Mellanby, Edward, 203
meningitis, 39–40
Merrimack River, 103
Merz, Xavier, 105, 115
metal fume fever, 123
migraine, 184–85, 187
Mississippi River, 37
Missouri Department of Health, 37
monastery, 140–41
moonflower (Datura inoxia), 127
morphology of a rash, 48, 49
Mount Auburn Hospital (Cambridge), 116, 134, 146
Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York), 46
mouth-rot disease, 39
multiple sclerosis, 76, 80
myasthenia gravis, 5, 14
Mycobacterium marinum, 43–44
myelitis, transverse, 82
Macbeth, 123, 124
McCollum, Elmer, 203
McDonald’s, 63–64
macule, 48
magnetic resonance angiography
(MRA), 77
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
77, 86, 87, 188–91
malaria, 34, 109, 144
Malden Mills, 103–4, 106, 108, 110–
12, 114–15
malignant tumor, 100, 147, 175
Mallon, Mary. See Typhoid Mary mania, 124
Massachusetts Department of Public
Health, 20
4, 208
Massachusetts Environmental Protection Agency, 98
Nairobi, Kenya, 10
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 105, 111–12, 114
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 164, 207
National Museum of Natural History, 198
National Zoo, Washington, 39
nervous system, 7–8, 79, 118–19, 124– 25, 187
nettleberries, 124
neurologists, 5, 78, 80–81, 83, 85, 181, 191
neurotransmitter, 8
New England, 66, 95, 132–33, 208
New England Journal of Medicine, 97, 99
New Hampshire Department of Public Health, 137
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, 87
Newton Wellesley Hospital, 204
New York State Association of Fire Chiefs, 118
New York State Department of Public Health, 135
New York State Health Department, 16, 24
nicotine, 122
Ninnis, Belgrave, 194–95
Nonne, Max, 191–92
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 194
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 125
North Brother Island, 30
optic nerve fenestration, 196
oral rehydration. See rehydration therapy
orange juice, 27, 32, 34
oxygen, absence of. See anaerobic
oxygen-free environment, 11, 16
oxygen therapy, 112
Oyster Bay, Long Island, 28, 29
ozone, 107
O 157:H7, 63–64, 66, 71
oat bran, 166–69
occupational medicine, 105
Occupational Safety and Health Act,
114
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 105
ocular muscles, 76
Old Swanzey Orchard, 69–70
Osler, Sir William, 20
omega3 fatty acid, 142, 193
Ontario, Canada, 112
ophthalmoscope, 187
ophthalmology consultation, 189–90
optic disc, 187
PA. See Pseudomonas aeruginosa
papilledema, 186–88, 191–92, 195 papule, 48–49, 56
paralysis, 7, 11, 12, 78–80, 83–87 paralytic fish poisoning, 43
Parana River, 23
parasympathetic autonomic nervous
system, 118
parathyroid gland, 152, 201
parathyroid hormone (PTH), 201, 205 Paré, Ambrose, 161–62
Parthian Wars, 123
Pasteur, Louis, 93
pasteurized, 69
Patagonia, 114
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 112–13 pediatricians, 34, 58, 66, 131, 179, 197 pediatric neurosurgeon, 117, 121 peritoneal cavity. See abdominal cavity peritoneum, 159–60, 171–72
persimmon, 164
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
(Boston), 95
Peters, John, 105, 106–7, 109–10, 112 pharmacobezoar, 164
phytobezoars, 163, 168
Pickering, Great Britain, 23
piranhas, 41–42, 44
plague, 124, 161, 163, 169
plant fiber, 168
plasma cells, 90
putrefaction, 93 putrescine, 136, 139 pyocyanin, 50, 54 pyoverdin, 50, 54
plasma exchange, 80
plasmapheresis, 81–82, 85
Plesiomonas shigelloides (PS), 36–37,
38 –40, 41, 42, 44
Plunkett, Roy, 107–8
Plutarch, 123
pneumonia, 19, 20, 52, 88, 90–91, 95,
97 , 100, 116
pneumonitis. See pneumonia
Polarfleece, Polartec, 114
polymer, 107, 109–11, 114–15
polymer-fume fever, 107–15
polymorphonuclear leukocytes, 90 polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), 107–
8 , 109, 110, 111, 114
pomace, 69
Posner, Jill, 81–83, 86
posterior fossa, 188
post-operative period, 168
post-renal, 61
potassium sorbate, 70
potato, 9, 122
Potissier (doctor who described metal-fume fever), 109
precipitin test, 97–99
pre-renal, 61
Priniciples and Practice of Medicine (Osler), 20
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 49–50
Pseudomonas folliculitis, 52
pseudotumor cerebri, 191–93, 195– 96
psyllium husk, 164
PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), 107– 8, 109, 110, 111, 114
public health, 21–22, 25, 32, 38, 44, 63, 66, 70, 97, 99, 100, 105, 131, 135, 137, 203, 204, 208
pupils, 6, 116–22, 124–28, 154, 186 pupillary size, 118
pustule (papule), 48–49
Quincke, Heinrich, 191–92
rabies, 97, 124
Ramsey, Jesse, 34, 36–38, 45
raquiferol, 206
Reed, Walter, 21
rehydration therapy, 35, 60
renal failure, 61–62, 65
reportable disease, 40
respiratory system, 34, 110
retina, 118–19, 187–88, 190
retinol. See vitamin A
retinol activity equivalents (RAE),
194
rickets, 202–3, 209
Riley, Lee, 63
Riverside Hospital (New York), 30–31 Rockford, Illinois, 71
rocky mountain spotted fever, 83–84 rose spots, 20
rotavirus, 36
Rubin, Robert H., 90–97, 112, 114 ruminating, 161
salmonella, 20, 41, 60
Salmonella typhi, 20, 22–24, 27–28 Salt Lake City-County Health Department, 52
salt tolerant, 141
Sands Point, Long Island, 29
sanitation, 21, 25
sausage poisoning, 6, 7
schistosomiasis, 80
Scombridae, 135
scombroid poisoning, 43, 135–37, 139– 43
scopolamine, 122, 127
Teflon, 108
tetrafluoroethylene (TFE), 108 thermophilic actinomycetes, 91, 93– 94, 97–98, 100
third cranial nerve, 119–20
Thirty Years’ War, 162
thoracotomy, 88, 89
Thoreau, Henry David, 132
tick paralysis, 83–87
tight building syndrome, 99
Time magazine, 166
Tippen, Sue, 37, 40–42, 44
tomogram, 88–89
Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, 69 toxins, 7–17, 19, 43, 59, 64, 83, 85, 139, 141, 143, 180
Tracey, Edward, 158, 160, 163, 164, 168–69
Transactions of the Association of Industrial Medical Officers, 110
transverse myelitis, 82
Traverse City, Michigan, 63
trichobezoars, 163
Trowell, Hugh, 165, 166
tubercle bacilli, 93
tuberculosis, 20, 31, 34, 43, 79, 88, 92, 125, 172, 175, 190
tularemia, 83
typhoid fever, 20–22, 23, 25–31, 33, 148 Typhoid Mary, 28–29, 30–31
typhus, 20
Seiferth, John, 137–39
sepsis, 43, 144
serotype, 55, 63, 66
serum calcium, 198, 200
Setnik, Gary, 116–21, 127
sexually transmitted diseases, 49 Shakespeare, William, 124
shelf life, 141
shellfish, 21, 38–40, 43, 135
Sherwood, R. J., 111
shigella, 36, 60
shingles, 48–49
shunt procedure, 179
sick building syndrome, 99
silicosis, 92
sodium benzoate, 70
Solanacea, 122–23
Soper, George, 28–31
Spanish-American War, 21, 32, 122,
161
spinal canal, 190
spinal tap, 12, 40, 79, 80–82, 86, 87,
103 , 120, 190–92, 196
/> sponges, 53–54, 55–57
spontaneous generation of life, 94 spores, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 91, 94
strep tonsillitis, 35
Strohl, André, 79
stroke, 4, 14, 31, 76–78, 153, 191 Stubblefield, Phil, 131, 133–34, 136–37 subarachnoid hemorrhage, 120–21 subarachnoid space, 120, 191, 195 sulfur dioxide, 107
Sullivan County Public Health Nursing Services, 25
Summerton, New York, 18
swimming pool, 43, 50, 52, 56, 132 swimming pool granuloma, 43 swine-flu immunization, 80
sympathetic autonomic nervous system, 118
syphilis, 35, 79, 145, 148
ulcerative colitis, 60
ulcer surgery, 163
University of Southern California
School of Medicine, 105
uremia, 62
urinary tract infection, 51
Urion, David, 185–86, 188–91, 193, 196 velour, 104, 106–7, 110
venous pulsations, 186, 188
ventilator, 9–12, 17, 69, 81, 84–85, 113,
142
vesicular, 48
Vibrio cholera, 37–38
vibrios, 38, 44
Vibrio vulnificus, 43
vichyssoise, 10
vitamin A, 193–95
vitamin D, 201–2, 204–9
vitamin-D fortified, 207
vitamin D2, 206–7
vitamin toxicity, 193
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet),
104
Walden Pond, 132
Warren, Charles Henry, 28–29 washcloths, 44, 52–54, 57
Washington Department of Health,
64
waterslide, 52
Wegman, David, 106
Wentworth, Arthur, 190
Weston, Connecticut, 158
whirlpool, 50–53
white ants, 10–11
White City, Oregon, 63
Whitfield, New Hampshire, 131 whooping cough, 124
Wildbad, Germany, 6
Wilkins, Earl, 89, 90, 101
Willard Parker hospital, 30
Wilson, Mary, 131, 134, 136–37 Wisdom of the Body (Cannon), 199 World War I, 21, 203
World War II, 104
vaccination, 80
van Ermengem, Emile Pierre, 7 x-rays, 58, 88–90, 92, 96, 98, 121, 158, 167, 175, 189
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The Deadly Dinner Party & Other Medical Detective Stories
Jonathan A. Edlow, M.D.