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On Meteorological Factors in the Aetiology of Acute Rheumatism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

M. Greenwood Junr.
Affiliation:
Demonstrator of Physiology, The London Hospital Medical College, Examiner in Physiology, St Andrews University
Theodore Thompson
Affiliation:
Assistant Physician to the London Hospital.
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Many writers having observed that cases of acute rheumatism are not distributed evenly throughout the year, much study has been devoted to the possible relationship between these variations and meteorological conditions.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1907

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