CHOREA AND RHEUMATISM.

A Review of 180 Children Suffering from Rheumatism, Chorea and Carditis.

Females 8,) ,ial Grouping (I ) ParticularlI thlrifty andic iiid(uistriolis paren'ts (2) Ordinaiy workingI-class " parents (3) Very poor parenits . lReferred bV ScXhool MILO. Ini-patients (ITH. ) H. Aver. No. of weeks in Howp. Family History of Rhc. Tnfection History of Acuite Rheuimatisimi LUss acuite pains in liml)s Tonsillitis .. . Tonsils remove( .. Transient apical systolic murmtur. Mitral ...

Rheumatism

IT is natural that a (lisease of the social and econiomic importance of rheumatism should ocCIpy a considerable place in medical literature. Nevertheless, until the last few nears, little of importanice has been adide(d to ourikniowle(dge of this crippling group of dliseases. Significant advances in treatmenit, a closer stu(dy of the composition of synovial fluii(d and(l of the factors wvhich i...

Rheumatism

Rheumatism

To the Editor of " The Indian Medical Gazette." Sir-I shall feel obliged if you will give the following a place in your paper in reply to Dr. Clarke's criticism of my contribution in Rheumatism in August number I was indeed not very particular about the'nomenclature and took it as it was; and I considered it as a certain manifestation attended with pain, incapabilities with certa n tissue chang...

Sydenham's Chorea

Sydenham’s chorea is a delayed complication of group Aßhaemolytic streptococcal infections and forms one of the majorcriteria of acute rheumatic fever.It is characterised bychorea, muscular weakness, and a number of neuropsychiatricsymptoms. It is considered to be an autoantibody mediated disorderwith the evidence suggesting that patients with Sydenham’schorea produce antibodies that cross reac...