Word: herpangina
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...thought of his old teacher in years, Huebner knew that if any U.S. doctor had ever described the mysterious children's disease, it would be Zahorsky. He dug out the aging doctor's books, got results. One Zahorsky tome listed the symptoms, called the disease "Herpangina." Following this clue, doctors found that Zahorsky had first named the disease...
Saved from a medical slip, Dr. Huebner and colleagues rewrote this report for publication in the A.M.A. Journal (March 3). Instead of telling about a "new" child's disease, they reported the rediscovery of Herpangina...
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