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To the Editor: Dr. Kreisberg's cogent assessment and coherent comments on clinical problem-solving (Aug. 5 issue)¹ emphasize the need for a probing history taking in every patient. The first reported instance of leptospirosis in Connecticut was recognized by establishing that the patient had swum to a stagnant bay frequented by dogs to retrieve a beach ball five days before the onset of his serious illness and that he had sustained a traumatic puncture of the left eardrum two weeks before the event². Nine members of one family contracted Leptospira canicola infection from a communal water dipper contaminated by a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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