RHEUMATIC FEVER: DIET AS A PREDISPOSING FACTOR
Authors: Don Carlos Peete
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 July 1944RHEUMATIC FEVER: DIET AS A PREDISPOSING FACTORDON CARLOS PEETEDON CARLOS PEETESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-1-44 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough many careful studies have been made of rheumatic heart disease throughout the world, many misconceptions of the etiologic factors of the disease still exist. If one studies the reports from India,1, 2, 3Australia,4, 5, 6, 7Costa Rica,8Mexico,9Argentina,10Hawaii,11Iceland,12Greenland,13England,14, 15, 16, 17and the vital statistics of the United States,18he is quickly convinced that climate is but a secondary factor. Focal infection has been a greatly overemphasized factor. 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