FIVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE (1933-1937) WITH MORTALITY FROM ACUTE CORONARY OCCLUSION IN PHILADELPHIA
Authors: O. F. Hedley
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 October 1939FIVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE (1933-1937) WITH MORTALITY FROM ACUTE CORONARY OCCLUSION IN PHILADELPHIAO. F. HEDLEY, M.D.O. F. HEDLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-4-598 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOver a quarter of a century has passed since Herrick1 in 1912 directed the attention of the medical profession to the clinical diagnosis of acute coronary occlusion. Although a few men before Herrick had diagnosed this condition antemortem, he was the first to focus interest on this now well recognized clinical entity. In the words of Sir William Osler,2 "In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs."During the period since 19193studies have been made of this disease from nearly every conceivable point of view....References1. HERRICK JB: Clinical features of sudden obstruction of the coronary arteries, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1912, lix, 2015. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. CUSHING H: Life of Sir William Osler, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1925. Vol. 11, page 604. Google Scholar3. HERRICK JB: Thrombosis of the coronary arteries, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1919, lxxii, 387. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. HEDLEY OF: Mortality from rheumatic heart disease in Philadelphia during 1936, Pub. Health Rep., 1937, lii, 1907. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. LEVINE SA: Coronary thrombosis: its various clinical features, 1929, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore. Medicine monographs Vol. XVI. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SAPHIRPRIESTHAMBURGERKATZ OWSWWLN: Coronary arteriosclerosis, coronary thrombosis, and resulting myocardial changes, Am. Heart Jr., 1935, x, 567 and 762. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. APPLEBAUMNICOLSON EGH: Occlusion diseases of the coronary arteries—an analysis of 168 cases, with electrocardiographic correlation in 36 of these, Am. Heart Jr., 1935, x, 662. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. MEAKINSEAKIN JCWW: Coronary thrombosis: a clinical and pathological study, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1932, xxvi, 18. Google Scholar9. HEDLEY OF: An analysis of 5116 deaths reported as due to acute coronary occlusion in Philadelphia from January 1, 1933 to December 31, 1937, Pub. Health Rep., 1939, liv, 972. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Read at the New Orleans meeting of the American College of Physicians March 28, 1939.From the Office of Heart Disease Investigations. National Institute of Health, United States Public Health Service. Branch Office, 133 S. 36th St., Philadelphia, Pa.Published by permission of the Surgeon General. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byExercise Prescription for a Healthy HeartPhysical Activity and the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: From Evolution to EpidemiologyMode of death, frequency of healed and acute myocardial infarction, number of major epicardial coronary arteries severely narrowed by atherosclerotic plaque, and heart weight in fatal atherosclerotic coronary artery disease: Analysis of 889 patients studied at necropsyDie Coronarerkrankungen. Coronarinsuffizienz, Angina pectoris und HerzinfarktCORONARY HEART DISEASE IN SEVEN RACIAL GROUPS IN SINGAPOREThe racial incidence of heart disease at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. Part I. Coronary vascular diseaseA Twenty-Year Hospital Survey of Diabetic DeathsRECENT HISTORY OF CORONARY DISEASEMyocardial infarction 1 October 1939Volume 13, Issue 4Page: 598-611KeywordsCardiovascular therapyMedical servicesMortalityPrevention, policy, and public healthSurgeons ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...