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Rheumatic Diseases and the Heart

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  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. John A. Cosh

    1. Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK
      Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK

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  2. John V. Lever

    1. Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK
      Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Rheumatic Fever

    • John A. Cosh, John V. Lever
    Pages 1-21

  3. Rheumatic Heart Disease I

    • John A. Cosh, John V. Lever
    Pages 23-41

  4. Rheumatic Heart Disease II

    • John A. Cosh, John V. Lever
    Pages 43-64

  5. Infective Endocarditis

    • John A. Cosh, John V. Lever
    Pages 65-76

  6. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rheumatoid Heart Disease I: Pericarditis

    • John A. Cosh, John V. Lever
    Pages 77-104

  7. Rheumatoid Heart Disease II: Valve Lesions, Heart Block, Juvenile Arthritis

    • John A. Cosh, John V. Lever
    Pages 105-132

  8. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    • John A. Cosh, John V. Lever
    Pages 133-164

  9. Ankylosing Spondylitis and Reiter’s Disease

    • John A. Cosh, John V. Lever
    Pages 165-192

  10. Systemic Sclerosis

    • John A. Cosh, John V. Lever
    Pages 193-215

  11. Miscellaneous Conditions

    • John A. Cosh, John V. Lever
    Pages 217-243

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 245-250
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About this book

What medicine lacks in an increasingly specialised world is the medical polymath (or should it be medical bimath?) - the man who is an acknowledged expert in more than one field of medicine. Super§pecialisation in the professional sense is an attempt to know more and more about less and less. It can be the microscopist's view of reality and such a microcosm can become also a refuge from realities. One reality difficult for the very specialised doctor to accept is that diseases don't exist. Only people with diseases exist and people do not always conform to convenient categories and compartments. It would be nice if they did but somehow they never do. A cherished medical tradition in Britain is that specialists are not hatched straight from medical schools. Indeed, young doctors are actively discouraged from taking too narrow an interest but are plunged for at least four years into the unspecific pool of general medicine until they have developed a broad awareness of the totality of human disease. Before this they are not allowed to narrow their sights on one particular target.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK

    John A. Cosh, John V. Lever

  • Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK

    John A. Cosh, John V. Lever

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rheumatic Diseases and the Heart

  • Authors: John A. Cosh, John V. Lever

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1643-1

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-1645-5Published: 20 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-1643-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 250

  • Topics: Rheumatology, Cardiology

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