Rheumatic fever in America and Britain :
English, Peter C.
Rheumatic fever in America and Britain : a biological, epidemiological, and medical history / Peter C. English. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, �1999. - 1 online resource (xx, 257 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
In 1940, rheumatic fever accounted for nearly 40,000 deaths in the US. By 1970, only 256 deaths were attributed to this disease in the US. English, a physician and a professor of history of medicine at Duke University, examines the historical course of rheumatic fever. He explores both the shifting biological nature of this disease and the experiences of physicians and patients who fought its ravages, and explains insights from biology, epidemiology, and social history.
English.
0585300534 9780585300535 0813585732 9780813585734
99014094
Rheumatic fever--History.--America
Rheumatic fever--History.--Great Britain
MEDICAL--Oncology.
Rheumatic fever.
Rhumatisme articulaire aigu--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne.
Rhumatisme articulaire aigu--Histoire--�Etats-Unis d'Am�erique.
Rhumatisme articulaire aigu--�Epid�emiologie--Grande-Bretagne.
Rhumatisme articulaire aigu--�Epid�emiologie--�Etats-Unis d'Am�erique.
Rhumatisme articulaire aigu--physiopathologie--Grande-Bretagne.
Rhumatisme articulaire aigu--physiopathologie--�Etats-Unis d'Am�erique.
Acuut reuma.
Rheumatic Fever--history--Great Britain.
Rheumatic Fever--history--United States.
Rheumatic Fever--epidemiology--Great Britain.
Rheumatic Fever--epidemiology--United States.
Rheumatic Fever--physiopathology--Great Britain.
Rheumatic Fever--physiopathology--United States.
Infectious Diseases.
Medicine.
Health & Biological Sciences.
America.
Great Britain.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittanni�e en Noord-Ierland.
Verenigde Staten.
Electronic books.
History.
RC182.R4 / E54 1999eb
616.9/91/00941
WC 220 / E58r 1999
Rheumatic fever in America and Britain : a biological, epidemiological, and medical history / Peter C. English. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, �1999. - 1 online resource (xx, 257 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
In 1940, rheumatic fever accounted for nearly 40,000 deaths in the US. By 1970, only 256 deaths were attributed to this disease in the US. English, a physician and a professor of history of medicine at Duke University, examines the historical course of rheumatic fever. He explores both the shifting biological nature of this disease and the experiences of physicians and patients who fought its ravages, and explains insights from biology, epidemiology, and social history.
English.
0585300534 9780585300535 0813585732 9780813585734
99014094
Rheumatic fever--History.--America
Rheumatic fever--History.--Great Britain
MEDICAL--Oncology.
Rheumatic fever.
Rhumatisme articulaire aigu--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne.
Rhumatisme articulaire aigu--Histoire--�Etats-Unis d'Am�erique.
Rhumatisme articulaire aigu--�Epid�emiologie--Grande-Bretagne.
Rhumatisme articulaire aigu--�Epid�emiologie--�Etats-Unis d'Am�erique.
Rhumatisme articulaire aigu--physiopathologie--Grande-Bretagne.
Rhumatisme articulaire aigu--physiopathologie--�Etats-Unis d'Am�erique.
Acuut reuma.
Rheumatic Fever--history--Great Britain.
Rheumatic Fever--history--United States.
Rheumatic Fever--epidemiology--Great Britain.
Rheumatic Fever--epidemiology--United States.
Rheumatic Fever--physiopathology--Great Britain.
Rheumatic Fever--physiopathology--United States.
Infectious Diseases.
Medicine.
Health & Biological Sciences.
America.
Great Britain.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittanni�e en Noord-Ierland.
Verenigde Staten.
Electronic books.
History.
RC182.R4 / E54 1999eb
616.9/91/00941
WC 220 / E58r 1999