The Histopathology of the Tonsil in Acute Rheumatic Fever and Chorea
Authors: W. W. G. Maclachlan, Dewayne G. Richey
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1928)

Article1 January 1928The Histopathology of the Tonsil in Acute Rheumatic Fever and ChoreaW. W. G. MACLACHLAN, M.D., DEWAYNE G. RICHEY, M.D.W. W. G. MACLACHLAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DEWAYNE G. RICHEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-1-7-506 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThat there is often a close clinical relationship between tonsillitis and acute rheumatic fever is an established fact. With this in mind, many individuals have conducted investigations relative to the bacteriological and pathological aspects of both tonsillitis and rheumatic fever. Inasmuch as the scope of the subject at hand has not embraced a consideration of its bacteriologic phases, our interest in the results of these endeavors has centered around those appertaining to the histopathological pictures obtained in the various tissues of man, and of the experimental animal. In this regard the recent work of Clawson, (1) who has demonstrated in...References(1) CLAWSON : Arch. Path. and Lab. Med., 2:799 (Dec.) 1926. Google Scholar(2) MILLER : J. Exper. Med., 40:543 (Oct.) 1924. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar(3) ASCHOFF : Verhand. Deutsch. Path. Gesellsch., 8:46, 1904. Google Scholar(4) COOMBS : Quart. J. Med., 2:26 (Oct.) 1908-9. Google Scholar(5) IDEM: J. Path. and Bact., 15:490, 1911. Google Scholar(6) KLOTZ : Tr. Assoc. Am. Physicians, 27:181, 1912. Google Scholar(7) IDEM: J. Path. and Bact., 18:259, 1913-14. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(8) SWIFT : J. Exper. Med., 39:497 (Apr.) 1924. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar(9) PAPPENHEIMERVON GLAHN : J. M. Research, 44:489 (Sept.) 1924. MedlineGoogle Scholar(10) IDEM: Am. J. Path., 2:15 (Jan.) 1926. Google Scholar(11) VON GLAHNPAPPENHEIMER : 235. (May) Ibid., 2:15 (Jan.) 1926. Google Scholar(12) DIETRICH : München. med. Wchnschr., 69:1449 (Oct. 13) 1922. Google Scholar(13) HEIBERG : Virchows Arch. f. Path. Anat., 257:1 (Mar. 13) 1925. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(14) MACCALLUM : J. A. M. A., 84:1545 (May 23) 1925. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(15) MACLACHLAN : "Tonsillitis, a Histopathological Study." Publications, University of Pittsburgh, 1912. Google Scholar(16) HAMBRECHTNUZUM : Arch. Int. Med., 29:635 (May) 1922. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(17) MORRIS : J. Lab. and Clin. Med., 2: 168 (Dec.) 1916. Google Scholar(18) WELLER : Ann. Otol. Rhinol. and Laryng., 32:687 (Sept.) 1923. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(19) WHITMANEASTLAKE Arch. Int. Med., 26:601 (Nov.) 1920. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(20) PROSKAUER : Med. Klin., 10: 1407, 1914. Google Scholar(21) DAVIS : J. Infect. Dis., 10:142 (Mar.) 1912. IDEM: 10:48 (Mar.) 387 (May) 1912. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(22) KELLERT : J. M. Research, 41:387 (May) 1920. For an extensive list of references to the literature of rheumatic fever, see: SACHS: Am. Heart, J., 1:750 (Aug.) 1926. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Pittsburgh*Read before the Association of American Physicians, Atlantic City, May 4, 1927. From the departments of Medicine and Oto-Laryngology, Mercy Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie Klinik des rheumatischen FiebersFactors favoring the onset and continuation of rheumatic fever 1 January 1928Volume 1, Issue 7Page: 506-512KeywordsHistopathologyHospital medicineRheumatic feverTonsils ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1928 PDF downloadLoading ...