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- catalog abstract "In 1940, rheumatic fever accounted for nearly 40,000 deaths in the US. By 1970, only 256 deaths were attributed to this disease in the US. English, a physician and a professor of history of medicine at Duke University, examines the historical course of rheumatic fever. He explores both the shifting biological nature of this disease and the experiences of physicians and patients who fought its ravages, and explains insights from biology, epidemiology, and social history.".
- catalog contributor b11720872.
- catalog coverage "United States".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "Ch. 7. From acute to chronic, 1925-1945 -- Ch. 8. At the bedside, 1925-1945 -- Ch. 9. Penicillin, cortisone, and heart surgery, 1945-1965 -- Ch. 10. The waning of rheumatic fever : molecular biology, epidemiology, and history, 1945-1965.".
- catalog description "In 1940, rheumatic fever accounted for nearly 40,000 deaths in the US. By 1970, only 256 deaths were attributed to this disease in the US. English, a physician and a professor of history of medicine at Duke University, examines the historical course of rheumatic fever. He explores both the shifting biological nature of this disease and the experiences of physicians and patients who fought its ravages, and explains insights from biology, epidemiology, and social history.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Pt. I. The emergence of rheumatic fever in the nineteenth century -- Ch. 1. The new face of rheumatism, 1798-1840 -- Ch. 2. Acute rheumatism and hospitals, 1840-1880 -- Ch. 3. Walter Butler Cheadle and the "typical case," 1880-1890 -- Pt. II. The clinical and scientific challenges of an evolving disease -- Ch. 4. Rheumatic fever as sepsis, 1890-1920 -- Ch. 5. Clinical Management, 1890-1925 -- Ch. 6. Allergy, heredity, environment, and the emergence of the streptococcus, 1925-1945 -- Pt. III. The disappearance of rheumatic fever in the twentieth century".
- catalog extent "xx, 257 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0813527104 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,".
- catalog spatial "America".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "616.9/91/00941 21".
- catalog subject "RC182.R4 E54 1999".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic Fever Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic Fever United States History.".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic Fever epidemiology Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic Fever epidemiology United States.".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic Fever epidemiology".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic Fever history Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic Fever history United States.".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic Fever history".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic Fever physiopathology Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic Fever physiopathology United States.".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic Fever physiopathology".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic fever America History.".
- catalog subject "Rheumatic fever Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "WC 220 E58r 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 7. From acute to chronic, 1925-1945 -- Ch. 8. At the bedside, 1925-1945 -- Ch. 9. Penicillin, cortisone, and heart surgery, 1945-1965 -- Ch. 10. The waning of rheumatic fever : molecular biology, epidemiology, and history, 1945-1965.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. I. The emergence of rheumatic fever in the nineteenth century -- Ch. 1. The new face of rheumatism, 1798-1840 -- Ch. 2. Acute rheumatism and hospitals, 1840-1880 -- Ch. 3. Walter Butler Cheadle and the "typical case," 1880-1890 -- Pt. II. The clinical and scientific challenges of an evolving disease -- Ch. 4. Rheumatic fever as sepsis, 1890-1920 -- Ch. 5. Clinical Management, 1890-1925 -- Ch. 6. Allergy, heredity, environment, and the emergence of the streptococcus, 1925-1945 -- Pt. III. The disappearance of rheumatic fever in the twentieth century".
- catalog title "Rheumatic fever in America and Britain : a biological, epidemiological, and medical history / Peter C. English.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".