...doses of alkali, by blisters, by lemon juice, or by nitrate of potash. And the authors observe, " it appears to us that there is not sufficient evidence...overlooked the fact that there might be no tendency at the time the patients were under treatment for the heart to become diseased. And our cases show...

...patients in some cases, but it does not appear to curtail the rheumatic process." And further : " It appears to us that there is not sufficient evidence...power to prevent the heart becoming diseased." In contrast with these statements, I would beg to draw attention to the following passages from the "Clinical...

...natural course of the disease and its treatment by the do-nothing system in hospital. They consider that there is not sufficient evidence to prove that any of the advocated systems have power to prevent the heart from becoming diseased. They, along with Dr. Barclay, agree in opinion...