Excerpt from The Problem of Rocky Mountain Spotted FeverC. L. Sweet, W. D. Springer, R. M. Fairchild, L. C. Bowers, J. K. Dubois, D. W. Figgins and H. Zipf) responded promptly and their reports constitute the first published accounts of Rocky Mountain spotted fever as a disease entity.It was not until 1899, however, when Dr. E: E. Maxey of Boise, Idaho, read a paper entitled, Some observations on the so-called spotted fever of Idaho, (32) before the Oregon State Medical Society, that the disease began to attract any wide-spread atten tion. This lucid paper expresses the opinion that spotted fever is a specific disease and gives an accurate description of its clini cal manifestations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.