1665.a kirjeldas inglise arst Thomas Sydenham noortel inimestel muutlike liigesetursetega kulgevat ägedat haigust, mis tõi kaasa tursed jalasäärtel, hingelduse, jõuetuse ja viimaks enneaegse surma. 1797.a selgitati lahangul, et sellise haiguse korral on südameklapid paksenenud ja moondunud ning eluiga lühendab just südamepuudulikkus. 1808. a andis arst David Dundas sellele haigusele nime, mis on püsinud tänini: rheumatic fever, reumapalavik, ka südamereuma. Tollal kõlas see umbes nagu "valudega palavik". Haiguse olemusele saadi jälile hiljem. 1880 avaldati tõik, et ägedasse reumasse haigestumisele eelneb kurgumandlipõletik. 1900.a leiti üles seda põletikku põhjustav pisik, mida hiljem hakati nimetama hemolüütiliseks streptokokiks. 1928.a avaldati mõte, et see pisik vallandab
Field Marshall Lord Grenfell, was killed in action in September, and the RHS staff to give money to help keep their enlisted staff on half pay. A German spray for gooseberry mildew was, meanwhile, blacklisted. The 1915 Show was a sad affair, with steady rain, mud underfoot, and waterfalls from the tent roof. The railway companies had been quite incapable of delivering the essential rocks and plants on time for the Show, so exhibitors had found other ways to bring them to Chelsea. Lady Dundas, a charitable fund raiser for war victims, arranged for Viscount Dalrymple, then a small boy, to parade around the grounds on a Shetland pony to collect money for the war. The RHS, which in 1911 refused to allow ladies banquets, now recognized that lady gardeners existed, and acknowledged the necessity to dig for victory. In 1915 it even organized a show of women's work at the Horticultural Halls. As the war deepened, the RHS struggled on. By November the Council had removed
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