Medical Significance of this film missed by reviewers
It is strange that noone noticed that this 'chick flick' 'soap opera' had a connection with progress in heart surgery for conditions due to rheumatic fever. Before penicillin and antibiotics, the damage done to the heart by rheumatic fever caused many lives to be cut short. Considering the current obsession with limiting the use of antibiotics and the continuing failure to routinely check for strep and other bacterial infections, rheumatic fever could become a horror again.
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