THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE PROBLEM OF "RHEUMATISM"; A REVIEW OF RECENT AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE ON "RHEUMATISM" AND ARTHRITIS
Authors: Philip S. Hench, Walter Bauer, Almon A. Fletcher, David Ghrist, Francis Hall, Preston White
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 April 1935THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE PROBLEM OF "RHEUMATISM"; A REVIEW OF RECENT AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE ON "RHEUMATISM" AND ARTHRITISPHILIP S. HENCH, M.D., F.A.C.P., WALTER BAUER, M.D., F.A.C.P., ALMON A. FLETCHER, M.D., DAVID GHRIST, M.D., F.A.C.P., FRANCIS HALL, M.D., F.A.C.P., PRESTON WHITE, M.D.PHILIP S. HENCH, M.D., F.A.C.P., WALTER BAUER, M.D., F.A.C.P., ALMON A. FLETCHER, M.D., DAVID GHRIST, M.D., F.A.C.P., FRANCIS HALL, M.D., F.A.C.P., PRESTON WHITE, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-8-10-1315 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIN THREE PARTSPART ICONTENTS: PART IIntroductoryRheumatism as a public health problemClinical content of rheumatism: definitionsTypes of rheumatism and their relative frequencyIndustrial aspects of rheumatismDiseases of Joints Related to TraumaDiseases of Joints Due to Infection of Known Type"Septic joints"Gonorrheal arthritisTuberculous arthritis"Tuberculous rheumatism"Syphilitic diseases of jointsRarer types of specific infectious arthritisRheumatic FeverIncidenceCourseLaboratory dataPathology and complicationsTheories on etiology and pathogenesisTreatmentRheumatism, using the term in its broadest sense, has just been designated "Public Enemy Number Ten" by the United States Department...Bibliography1. 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