Juvenile Rheumatism: A Clinical Survey

The object of this monograph, as stated in the preface, is to present a condensed review of the author's experience in juvenile rheumatism. Dr. Scott has given much thought and trouble to make this monograph a survey of the most important and recent clinical and laboratory investigations, rather than a medium to express his own personal opinions. Although the author's views are evident to the reader they are not emphasized, and there are few critical remarks.

This book deals entirely with problems of rheumatic fever; juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and other less common forms of childhood rheumatic disease receive no attention. The opening and closing chapters are devoted to the social aspects of rheumatic fever: the comparative incidence in Australia, England and the United States, the mortality rate and the social care of children with rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease and chorea. The other chapters deal with the modern trend of