Show Rheumatic r Fever Checked With Wilh I I T I j Good results were obtained in ini i treating first attacks of acute P rheumatic fever in children with withA I. I A ACT C T H H. H a University of Utah It I t College of Medicine faculty member mcm mem I j It I I ber reported Thursday At the postgraduate course on oni on i metabolic and endocrine disorders disorders l ders being held in Salt SaIt Lake I IIi r General Hospital under auspices of the medical college Dr Vincent Vin Vin- Vincent cent C. C Kelley assistant professor sor of pediatrics emphasized that the treatment with ACT A C T H a hormone secreted by the pituitary tar lary tary gland was given only in a small number of cases But of the 18 cases 13 have I shown no persistence of heart murmurs after treatment he said I which would indicate the drug I f had a beneficial effect with lith the I most serious complication of t P rheumatic fever t He pointed out that ordinarily I f mu murmur mur persistence could be exI expected ex ex- I d in 67 of cases In those i cases treated adequately with I A ACT C T H he said fever was reduced re re- within two to five days and andt t rl II I joint swelling and pain cleared t up in two days |