1797 BAILLIE, Matthew (1761 – 1823)
The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body. 2nd ed.
First clinical description of chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema. The lung on which Baillie performed an autopsy before describing this condition is said to have been that of Samuel Johnson. P. 46: Baillie sugges…
GMN 2736 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4126
1836 BOUILLAUD, Jean Baptiste (1796 – 1881)
Nouvelles recherches sur le rhumatisme articulaire en général, et spécialement sur la loi de coincidence de la péricardite et de l'endocardite avec cette maladie, ainsi que sur l'efficacité de la formule des émissions sanguines coup sur coup dans son traitement.
"In this volume he [Bouillaud] irrevocably established the etiologic relationship between rheumatic fever and heart disease. Early reports on this relationship had been contributed by Pitcairn, Jenner, and Wells, but …
GMN 11556 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13755
1900 POYNTON, Frederick John (1869 – 1943); PAINE, Alexander
The etiology of rheumatic fever.
After extensive bacteriological researches, Poynton and Paine considered that a diplococcus was the cause of rheumatic fever.
GMN 4505 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8890
1931 COBURN, Alvin Frederick (1899 – 1975)
The factor of infection in the rheumatic state.
Coburn demonstated that streptococcus is the infective agent in rheumatic fever that can lead to rheumatic heart disease.
GMN 11570 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13769
1944 JONES, Thomas Duckett (1899 – 1954)
The diagnosis of rheumatic fever.
The Jones criteria (later revised in 1992 and 2015) for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever.
GMN 12365 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14589
1948 MASSELL, Benedict Frank (1906 – 2008); DOW, J. W.; JONES, Thomas Duckett (1899 – 1954)
Orally administered penicillin in patients with rheumatic fever.
Massell and colleagues demonstrated that rheumatic fever could be prevented by penicillin treatment of streptococcal throat infections. (Order of authorship in the original publication: Massell, Dow, Jones.) See also:…
GMN 12359 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14583
1949 HENCH, Philip Showalter (1896 – 1965); KENDALL, Edward Calvin (1886 – 1972)
The effects of the adrenal cortical hormone 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone (compound E) on the acute phase of rheumatic fever: preliminary report.
Compound E (cortisone) introduced in the treatment of rheumatic fever. With C. H. Slocumb, A. R. Barnes, H. L. Smith, H. F. Polley.
GMN 4509 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/356
1997 MASSELL, Benedict Frank (1906 – 2008)
Rheumatic fever and streptococcal infection: Unraveling the mysteries of a dread disease.
GMN 12360 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14584
1999 ENGLISH, Peter C.
Rheumatic fever in America and Britain: A biological, epidemiological, and medical history.
GMN 12340 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14564
