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On rheumatism of the heart.
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Trans. Soc. Improve. med. chir. Knowl. 3, 373-424. 1812 CE.
David Pitcairn is accredited with the first reference to rheumatism as a cause of cardiac disease, in a lecture given in 1788. Jenner read a paper on the same subject in 1789, but the first clinical report on the subject to be published was that by Wells. Reprinted in Willius & Keys, Cardiac classics, 1941, pp. 294-312.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #2740 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/4578 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | on-rheumatism-of-the-heart |