COMMUNITY CONTROL OF RHEUMATIC FEVER

Journal/Book: Reprinted from The Journal of the American Medical Association March 19 1955 Vol. 157 pp. 986-989. 1955;

Abstract: William H. Bunn M.D. and Hugh N. Bennett M.D. Youngstown Ohio Union National Bank Bldg. (3) (Dr. Bunn). SUMMARY First attacks of rheumatic fever can be prevented by early adequate penicillin therapy of streptococcic sore throat in a large percentage of cases and this can be done simply and cheaply if the person with the sore throat can be identified and if his physician is aware of the importance of correct treatment. One of the approaches to the problem is community education of parents teachers school nurses and physicians as has been done in three counties in northeastern Ohio. ___MH

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