Tracing Sydenham's chorea: historical documents from a British paediatric hospital

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Figure 1.

 William Butler Cheadle (1835–1910). The photograph was kindly provided by the Museum and Archives of the Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.

Figure 2.

 Octavius Sturges (1833–1894). The photograph was kindly provided by the Museum and Archives of the Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.

Figure 3.

 The Hospital for Sick Children (Great Ormond Street) in 1910. The photograph was kindly provided by the Museum and Archives of the Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.

Figure 4.

 Yearly number of admissions of patients with chorea (solid line) and rheumatism (broken line).

Figure 5.

 Monthly distribution of the admissions of chorea and rheumatism, related to the period 1852–95.