choree de sydenham

Thomas Sydenham.

T Sydenham is undoubtedly the most celebrated British physician. He has been considered the father of English medicine and the English equivalent of Hippocrates.1 Sydenham was born on September 1624 in Wynford Eagle, Dorset. He joined Magdalene Hall, Oxford at the age of e ighteen to study m e d i c i n e . H o w e v e r there was an interruption in his studies because o f h i s p a r t i c i p...

Sydenham, Locke and Sydenham's De peste sive febre pestilentiali.

The second edition of Sydenham's Methodus curandifebres (1668) had an added chapter on plague and its treatment which he reprinted virtually unchanged in his later book, Observationes medicae (1676, and subsequent editions). This chapter has an interesting paragraph which is unique in Sydenham's work: it mentions the opinions of other writers. Its origin appears to lie in Sydenham's association...

Réponse spectaculaire au valproate de sodium d’une chorée de Sydenham récurrente

Résumé La chorée du Sydenham est la première cause de chorée acquise dans le tiers monde. Nous rapportons le cas d'une Chorée récurrente traitée avec succès par le valproate du sodium. Mlle A.C âgée de 16 ans ayant comme antécédents des angines à répétition et un épisode de mouvement choréique il y a 2 ans, pour lequel elle a été mise sous Halopéridol et sous prévention du rhumatisme articulair...

Sydenham on Hysteria

This historical essay outlines early ideas and clinical accounts of hysteria. It reproduces verbatim parts of a remarkable text of Thomas Sydenham. This provides the most detailed description of hysterical symptoms, contemporary treatment and particularly Sydenham’s opinions about the nature of the disorder. His portrayal is compared to later and modern concepts and classification. © 2016 S. Ka...

A claim to fame: Thomas Sydenham.

Language Impairment in Adolescents With Sydenham Chorea.

BACKGROUND Neuropsychiatric comorbidities are frequent in Sydenham chorea. However, cognitive impairment in Sydenham chorea has not been sufficiently described. The objective of this study was to evaluate expressive and receptive language deficits in adolescents with Sydenham chorea. METHODS Twenty patients with Sydenham chorea were compared with 20 patients with rheumatic fever without chore...