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Rheumatic fever in America and Britain : a biological, epidemiological, and medical history / Peter C. English.

By: English, Peter C.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1999Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-236) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 257 p.) : ill.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780813585734; 9780585300535.Subject(s): Rheumatic fever -- America -- History | Rheumatic fever -- Great Britain -- History | Rheumatic Fever -- United States -- History | Rheumatic fever -- Epidemiology -- Great Britain | Rheumatic fever -- Epidemiology -- United States | Rheumatic fever -- Pathophysiology -- Great Britain | Rheumatic fever -- Pathophysiology -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 616.9/91/00941 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge.
Contents:
pt. I. The emergence of rheumatic fever in the nineteenth century -- Ch. 1. The new face of rheumatism, 1798-1840 -- Ch. 2. Acute rheumatism and hospitals, 1840-1880 -- Ch. 3. Walter Butler Cheadle and the "typical case," 1880-1890 -- pt. II. The clinical and scientific challenges of an evolving disease -- Ch. 4. Rheumatic fever as sepsis, 1890-1920 -- Ch. 5. Clinical Management, 1890-1925 -- Ch. 6. Allergy, heredity, environment, and the emergence of the streptococcus, 1925-1945 -- pt. III. The disappearance of rheumatic fever in the twentieth century.
Ch. 7. From acute to chronic, 1925-1945 -- Ch. 8. At the bedside, 1925-1945 -- Ch. 9. Penicillin, cortisone, and heart surgery, 1945-1965 -- Ch. 10. The waning of rheumatic fever : molecular biology, epidemiology, and history, 1945-1965.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-236) and index.

pt. I. The emergence of rheumatic fever in the nineteenth century -- Ch. 1. The new face of rheumatism, 1798-1840 -- Ch. 2. Acute rheumatism and hospitals, 1840-1880 -- Ch. 3. Walter Butler Cheadle and the "typical case," 1880-1890 -- pt. II. The clinical and scientific challenges of an evolving disease -- Ch. 4. Rheumatic fever as sepsis, 1890-1920 -- Ch. 5. Clinical Management, 1890-1925 -- Ch. 6. Allergy, heredity, environment, and the emergence of the streptococcus, 1925-1945 -- pt. III. The disappearance of rheumatic fever in the twentieth century.

Ch. 7. From acute to chronic, 1925-1945 -- Ch. 8. At the bedside, 1925-1945 -- Ch. 9. Penicillin, cortisone, and heart surgery, 1945-1965 -- Ch. 10. The waning of rheumatic fever : molecular biology, epidemiology, and history, 1945-1965.

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