Distribution in England and Wales of Mortality from Coronary Disease

patients coming in at varying intervals from onset, and a life-table technique is applied, relating the recovery rate at any given stage of the disease to the patients under observation at that time. Thirty-six patients were either admitted within 24 hours of the onset or developed chorea under observation in the hospital. From the moment the diagnosis was proved the recovery rate was rapid, suggesting that rapid recovery and abortive attacks may be quite common and possibly unrecognized.