Obesity, Heart Failure Due to

Abstract

WHEN it comes to a matter such as establishing a new eponym, "letting the fish and chips fall where they may"¹ is excellent advice from the learned Dickensian scholars on the editorial board of the Journal. When the symptom complex under consideration, obesity associated with a reversible form of cardiopulmonary failure, has been recognized in the American literature for twenty-one years and interest has recently revived,² the situation becomes one of general concern.Unfortunately, in any discussions of all-important priority, there are bound to be some hurt feelings, especially when, as in the present subject, the original description of . . .