Gstaad, August 17 1957

Dear R.C.

Many thanks for your letter of the spring.

I am so glad that you arc interested in artherosclerosis for

the Heart Disease Control Progrzmme. It seems that. what onc can tell
people is that overweight, hiuh blood pressure aiid high cholcslrol
predisposes one to heart attacks and such persons should be checked
by their doctors. In case ef any one of these conditions, steps
can be talien to reduce them.

Against hypertonsion there are, of coursc,. a namijer of drugs,

but I don't know how long it wil' take before you can develop a
suitable programme for the State to use lheni in their piihlic health
clinics .

Rheumatic fever certainly is a trial. Thc method for dealing

with it really doesn't give oiie h3pe tiiat evurything can be done,
when you consitier that only iri 1945 everything still sccrned to hope-
less ira cannection with it,

I am delighted that you have been ab1.e to get so much going

in the local health departments in connection with control pro-
grammes .

Warrnes t xishes,

Always youlrs,