Annual report . e Rheumatic Fever inStudents with both Normal and Diseased Hearts. Success in the prevention of premature heart disease, partic-ularly in those under 35. lies largely in avoiding infection in earlylife. The control of childhood diseases and careful protection of theheart of those afflicted with them or with rheumatism, influenza, pneu-monia, or tyohoid fever will do much to Prevent premature deaths,- theloss of lives which should have many years of usefulness before such action is a great opportunity for the conservation of life, theprevention of economic loss, and soci
Annual report . e Rheumatic Fever inStudents with both Normal and Diseased Hearts. Success in the prevention of premature heart disease, partic-ularly in those under 35. lies largely in avoiding infection in earlylife. The control of childhood diseases and careful protection of theheart of those afflicted with them or with rheumatism, influenza, pneu-monia, or tyohoid fever will do much to Prevent premature deaths,- theloss of lives which should have many years of usefulness before such action is a great opportunity for the conservation of life, theprevention of economic loss, and social advancement. Students are being classified as to the condition of their.•..earts on the basis of the usual methods of Physical diagnosis and thetaking of the blood pressure. An electrocardiograph would make it pos-sible to make a more nearly accurate differentiation between the cardiac RELATIVE OCCURRENCE OF ACUTE RHEUIATIC FEVERIN MLE STUDEFTS WITH BOTH FORMAL AH) DISEASED HEARTS ao © 0« 20 — 15- 10 5~. L i! !i ! 1 - ? — i i ! !i i i -L. L r-t CM CT\ CO CX\ Jlass Data prepared by Dr. L. D. Lev/is, i, ii0. 3 - 16 -normals and abnormals. This instrument would make it possible for a num-ber of students who now have to be disqualified for military, regular phy-sical education, and atretics to participate in these subjects. If theirelectrocardiograms could be shown to be normal, it would add a good dealto the efficiency and peace of mind of those who are harrassed by the per-sistent thought of having heart trouble, but who may have only functionaldisturbances of the heart and have to be restricted in their exercise be-cause of the necessity of playing safe when in doubt. V. Albuminurics A total of 227 freshmen who were found to have albuminuria attheir first examination were kept under observation. Numerous urinalyseswere made and their cases carefully studied to determine whether or nottheir conditions were pathological. Of these, 18U or per cent werefunctional in
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