Download or read book Focal Infection written by Frank Billings and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Billings and his associates at Rush Medical College and the Presbyterian Hospital were chiefly responsible for calling attention (1903- 1915) to the role of localized infections foci in heart, kidney and joint diseases previously of obscure or unknown origin. -- H.W. Orr.