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Compliments and thanks for "Fever Chart" and "Appointment in Samara" in TIME, Oct. 27. They are the tops. Written as though from a mountaintop where we get in one view significance of the past, pathos and confusion of the present, doom in the future unless we wake up with a bang...
...help stir doctors up about the "Red Plague," Dr. Homer F. Swift of the Rockefeller Institute gave two speeches at Harvard last week at the annual New England Postgraduate Assembly. He showed pictures of rheumatic fever victims, gave doctors practical tips for treatment...
Sore Throat to Weak Heart. Rheumatic fever usually occurs after a streptococcal infection of the nose or throat. Warned Dr. Swift: "Watch tonsillitis! The average case requires up to six weeks of rest and medical care." But, he added, "there is no evidence to show that removing infected tonsils removes the possibility of rheumatic fever...
...disease is not caused directly by streptococci but seems to be an allergic response to their activity. After one attack, a patient is not immunized, but grows more susceptible. Afterwards, any slight streptococcal infection may bring on a new bout of fever...
Rest, Rest, Rest. During the fever, some drugs (salicylates) are useful. Chief thing to do: keep the child in bed. This may be for as long as a year. Nourishing food is necessary, and local treatment, such as hot compresses for swollen joints. Children with rheumatic hearts have to learn to walk, not run, to go upstairs one step at a time, play gentle games...