The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 61, 205-212,
Copyright, 1935, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
DIAGNOSIS OF PSITTACOSIS IN MAN BY MEANS OF INJECTIONS OF SPUTUM INTO WHITE MICE
Thomas M. Rivers M.D.1 and
G. P. Berry M.D.1
1 From the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
By means of intraperitoneal injections in mice of unfiltered sputum or filtrates of sputum a large percentage of the cases of psittacosis in human beings can be successfully diagnosed in a relatively safe manner.
Submitted on November 29, 1934