Rheumatic Heart Disease
Authors: CLOUGH TURRILL BURNETT
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 May 1932Rheumatic Heart DiseaseA REVIEW*CLOUGH TURRILL BURNETT, M.D., F.A.C.P.CLOUGH TURRILL BURNETT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-11-1337 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe large volume of literature which has appeared in recent years relating to various phases of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease seemed to require some correlation. An attempt at this resulted in the following review.While the earliest description of rheumatic fever appeared prior to the middle of the seventeenth century, and the best of these in 1676 by Sydenham, it was not until more than a century later, in 1788, that a clear description of rheumatic heart disease was published by David Pitcairn of St. Bartholomew's in London. 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FLETCHER, M.D., DAVID GHRIST, M.D., F.A.C.P., FRANCIS HALL, M.D., F.A.C.P., PRESTON WHITE, M.D. 1 May 1932Volume 5, Issue 11 Page: 1337-1356 Keywords Cardiovascular therapy Rheumatic fever ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...