From the Dancing Manias to Sydenham's Chorea - Race to Trace Rheumatism and Chorea

< i > Race to Trace Rheumatism and Chorea

1868 Ogle reported 16 fatal cases; "altered condition of the blood"
1869 Broadbent: chorea is a "delirium of the sensori-motor ganglia, which may be caused not only by embolism, but by hyperemia of the vessels not blocked, or by a morbid condition of the blood"