Variations in Manifestations of Rheumatic Fever in Relation to Climate

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Article1 October 1931Variations in Manifestations of Rheumatic Fever in Relation to ClimateWARFIELD T. LONGCOPE, M.D., F.A.C.P.WARFIELD T. LONGCOPE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-4-401 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe statement can frequently be found in textbooks and monographs that rheumatic fever is ubiquitous. This generalization (which is often attributed to Hirsch1) can, however, scarcely be accepted today. Aside from the interest which has always been aroused by the seasonal incidence and familial occurrence of rheumatic fever, as well as the yearly variations in the severity of the disease, there has recently been some attempt to study, more accurately than has been possible before, the geographical distribution of the disease. The matter is one of importance not only in relation to rheumatic fever but in connection with other diseases....Bibliography1 HIRSCH A: Handbook of geographical and historical pathology, London, New Sydenham Society, 1886, 3. Google Scholar2 MILLS CA: Geographic or climatic variations in the death rate from pernicious anemia, exophthalmic goiter, Addison's disease and angina pectoris, Arch. Int. Med., 1930, xlvi, 741. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 NEWSHOLME A: The Milroy lectures:—The natural history and affinities of rheumatic fever, Lancet, 1895, i, 589 and 657. Google Scholar4 FAULKNERWHITE JMPD: The incidence of rheumatic fever, chorea and rheumatic heart disease, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1924, lxxxiii, 425. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 HARRISONLEVINE TRSA: Note on the regional distribution of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the United States, South. Med. Jr., 1924, xvii, 914. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 SEEGALSEEGAL DBC: Studies in the epidemiology of rheumatic fever, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1927, lxxxix, 11. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 MELENEYKELLERS HEI: Mitral stenosis without rheumatic fever in North China, Arch. Int. Med., 1924, xxxiv, 455. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 WOODJONESKIMBROUGH JETDRD: The etiology of heart disease; a clinical study of 623 cases with certain observations on race and climate. Am. Jr. Med. Sc., 1926, clxxii, 185. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 CLARKE JT: The geographical distribution of rheumatic fever, Jr. Trop. Med. and Hyg., 1930, xxxiii, 249. Google Scholar10 COBURN AF: The factor of infection in the rheumatic state, 1931, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore. Google Scholar11 THAYER WS: Studies on bacterial (infective) endocarditis, Johns Hopkins Hosp. Reports, 1926, xxii, 1. Google Scholar12 MACKIE TT: Rheumatic fever. An analytical study of 393 cases of rheumatic fever and 89 cases of chorea, Am. Jr. Med. Sc., 1926, clxxii, 199. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13 POYNTON FJ: Rheumatism in childhood, Practitioner, 1913, xc, 389. Google Scholar14 LAMBERT A: The incidence of acute rheumatic fever at Bellevue hospital, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1920, lxxiv, 993. CABOT, R.: Facts on the heart, 1926, Saunders. ROLLY, F.: Der akute Gelenkrheumatismus, 1920. HEGLER, C.: Akuter Gelenkrheumatismus, Handb. der. Inn. Med. v. Bergmann und Staehlin, 2nd ed., 1925, Vol. I, p. 746. KEMP, C. G.: The prognosis of acute articular rheumatism, Quart. Jr. Med., 1914, vii, 251. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15 COFFEN TH: The incidence of heart disease in the Pacific Northwest, Am. Heart Jr., 1929, v, 99. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16 HOUSTON AN: Analysis of 88 cases of rheumatic fever, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1928, xi, 1339. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Md.*From the Medical Clinic, the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University and Hospital. Read at the Baltimore Meeting of the American College of Physicians, March 23, 1931. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byFrequency of rheumatic heart disease in Miami, Florida: Autopsy findingsRheumatic heart disease in Southern FloridaThe age incidence and climatic variations in the manifestations of so-called rheumatic fever in white children 1 October 1931Volume 5, Issue 4Page: 401-407KeywordsHospital medicineRheumatic fever ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1931 PDF downloadLoading ...