A RECENT review of the literature 1 and our own experience at the House of the Good Samaritan 2–5 suggest that early treatment of rheumatic fever with ACTH and cortisone may prevent or mitigate ...

In addition to the bacteriologic examination, blood serums were obtained for determinations of antistreptolysin-O titer on all children in September, 1958, before the first routine throat culture ...

antistreptolysin-O titer, rheumatoid factor, cryoglobulin, complement tests, serum electroprotein phoresis, and viral hepatitis A, B, and C serologies. The urine analysis showed mild proteinuria.