AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATT
Authors: SOMA WEISS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Articles Contributed in Honor of Dr. Joseph H. Pratt1 July 1937AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATTTHE NATURE OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR DISTURBANCES IN NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY STATES (BERIBERI)*SOMA WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROBERT W. WILKINS, M.D.SOMA WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROBERT W. WILKINS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-1-104 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the past half century significant advances have been made in our knowledge of the etiology of valvular heart disease. Likewise, the recognition of the rôle of arterial hypertension, coronary disease, rheumatic myocarditis, adhesive pericarditis, hyperthyroidism, diphtheria and other infectious diseases has enabled clinicians to account for the majority of instances of non-valvular myocardial disease. 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WILKINS, M.D.Affiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Presented in part before the St. Louis meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 19, 1937.From the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services (Harvard), Boston City Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston.This investigation was aided by grants from the Proctor Fund of Harvard University for the Study of Chronic Disease and the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. 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