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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026

Artificial fever produced by physical means; its development and application.

Publication Details

Springfield, IL & Baltimore, MD: Charles C Thomas, 1938 CE.

Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the application of pyrotherapy in the treatment of a wide variety of diseases, including syphilis. For syphilis in particular the treatment was replaced by penicillin, developed during World War II.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#14110
Permanent Linkhttps://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/16421
Author Bio LinkPubMedCentral ↗
External URLartificial-fever-produced-by-physical-means-its-development-and-application

Geographic Context

Publication places: Springfield, IL; Baltimore, MD