RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Sir James Mackenzie and the history of myocardial infarction JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO J R Coll Gen Pract FD British Journal of General Practice SP 109 OP 112 VO 32 IS 235 A1 Walter W. Yellowlees YR 1982 UL http://bjgp.org/content/32/235/109.abstract AB Sir James Mackenzie's writings support the widely agreed history of the appearance and rise of myocardial infarction in Britain during this century. His case histories confirm that sudden serious infarctions, so common today, were rare at the beginning of the century.