THE RHEUMATIC LUNG
Authors: C. P. Howard
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 August 1933THE RHEUMATIC LUNGC. P. HOWARD, B.A., M.D., F.R.C.P.C. P. HOWARD, B.A., M.D., F.R.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-2-165 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe appreciation that the rheumatic virus may in certain cases attack both lung and pleura dates back almost two hundred years. Thus Boerhaave,1in 1737, stated that rheumatism invades "sometimes the brain, lungs and bowels." Störck2in 1762 also recognized the pleurisy of rheumatism. Maximillian Stoll3in 1788 was, however, the first to speak of "rheumatic pleurisy" and "rheumatic peripneumonia," but like Boerhaave gave no pathological description of these lesions. Chomel4in 1813 spoke with great caution of the inflammation of the pleura or lung which follows rheumatism. Latham5in 1845 and Fuller6in 1854 fearlessly championed the conception of...Bibliography1. 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