Rheumatic Fever

It has become commonplace to say that the decline of rheu­ matic fever in Europe and North America has little, if any­ thing, to do with medicine; but to conclude that efforts to control the disease are futile would be an error leading to what could be termed public health malpractice. The need for adequate treatment of patients suffering from acute rheu­ matic fever or chronic rheumatic valvular ...