Rheumatic fever in America and Britain : a biological, epidemiological, and medical history /
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| Author / Creator: | English, Peter C. |
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| Imprint: | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1999. |
| Description: | xx, 257 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4141114 |
Table of Contents:
- Illustrations, Figures, and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Prologue
- Part I. The Emergence of Rheumatic Fever in the Nineteenth Century
- 1. The New Face of Rheumatism, 1798-1840
- 2. Acute Rheumatism and Hospitals, 1840-1880
- 3. Walter Butler Cheadle and the "Typical Case," 1880-1890
- Part II. The Clinical and Scientific Challenges of an Evolving Disease
- 4. Rheumatic Fever as Sepsis, 1890-1920
- 5. Clinical Management, 1890-1925
- 6. Allergy, Heredity, Environment, and the Emergence of the Streptococcus, 1925-1945
- Part III. The Disappearance of Rheumatic Fever in the Twentieth Century
- 7. From Acute to Chronic, 1925-1945
- 8. At the Bedside, 1925-1945
- 9. Penicillin, Cortisone, and Heart Surgery, 1945-1965
- 10. The Waning of Rheumatic Fever: Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and History, 1945-1965
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Glossary
- Index
