The test, therefore, is ordered if a person presents with symptoms suggesting rheumatic fever or glomerulonephritis and has had a recent history of sore throat or a confirmed streptococcal infection. Since the incidence of post-streptococcal complications has dropped in the U.S., so has the use of the ASO test.
According to Moina, this was the first group-effort asking for poppies to wear in memory of âall who died in Flanders Fieldsâ. Since this group had given her the money with which to buy them, she considered that she made the first sale of the Flanders Fields Memorial Poppy on 9 November 1918.
Waterloo Boy. Waterloo Boy: The first Waterloo Boy tractor was first released in 1914 in a variety of models and engine sizes. In 1918, the John Deere Company purchased the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company and continued to sell tractors under the Waterloo Boy name until 1923.