THE SPREAD OF RHEUMATIC FEVER THROUGH FAMILIES

Abstract

A number of epidemiological studies on rheumatic fever have been made, but in this disease, this field of endeavor is in its infancy as compared with other lines of approach. It has seemed to us, however, that here is another valuable weapon which may be brought to bear, not only because we would like to know more about the epidemiology of rheumatic fever, but it may tell us more about the nature of this obscure disease.