RHEUMATOID SPONDYLITIS: OBSERVATIONS ON THE INCIDENCE AND RESPONSE TO THERAPY AMONG VETERANS OF THE RECENT WAR
Authors: E C TOONE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 April 1949RHEUMATOID SPONDYLITIS: OBSERVATIONS ON THE INCIDENCE AND RESPONSE TO THERAPY AMONG VETERANS OF THE RECENT WARELAM C. TOONE JR., M.D.ELAM C. TOONE JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-30-4-733 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis report deals with a series of 29 cases of rheumatoid spondylitis observed over a period of 15 months on the wards of a General Veterans Administration Hospital. Reports by several writers1, 2have indicated that this disease has occurred among service personnel in a relatively greater ratio to peripheral rheumatoid arthritis than has been observed among the civilian population. Nevertheless we were not prepared for the number of cases encountered at a hospital not designated especially for the care of joint diseases. During the period under consideration there were 8,937 admissions to the hospital as a whole and 197...Bibliography1. BOLANDPRESENT EWAJ: Rheumatoid spondylitis; a study of 100 cases, with special reference to diagnostic criteria, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1945, cxxix, 843-849. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. HENCHBOLAND PSEW: The management of chronic arthritis and other rheumatic diseases among soldiers of the United States Army, Arch. Int. Med., 1946, xxiv, 808-825; also Ann. Rheumat. Dis., 1946, v, 106-114. Google Scholar3. POLLEYSLOCUMB HFCH: Rheumatoid spondylitis: a study of 1,035 cases, Ann. Int. Med., 1947, xxvi, 240-249. Google Scholar4. BAKER LD: Combined treatment of rhizomelic spondylosis (Marie-Strumpel arthritis), Arch. Phys. Med., 1945, xxvi, 389. Google Scholar5. SCOTT SG: Radiology and the rheumatic backache, Jr. Roy. Inst. Pub. Health and Hyg., 1938, i, 236-244. Google Scholar6. SMYTHFREYBERGLAMPE CJRHI: Roentgen therapy for rheumatoid arthritis of the spine (Marie-Strumpell arthritis; spondylitis rhizomelique), Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvii, 826-830. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. FREYBERG RH: Roentgen therapy for rheumatic diseases, Med. Clin. North Am., 1946, xxx, 603-615. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Richmond, Virginia*Received for publication February 10, 1948.From the Department of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, and the Medical Service, McGuire Veterans Hospital.Published with permission of the Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration, who assumes no responsibility for the opinions expressed or conclusions drawn by the author. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAnkylosing SpondylitisSecond-line treatment in seronegative spondylarthropathiesAbortionEVALUATION OF PHENYLBUTAZONE (BUTAZOLIDIN) IN THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID SPONDYLITIS: REPORT OF 50 CASES*ELAM C. TOONE JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., W. ROBERT IRBY, M.D.RHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD W. BOLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., WALLACE GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), L. MAXWELL LOCKIE, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D. 1 April 1949Volume 30, Issue 4Page: 733-739KeywordsAnkylosing spondylitisHospital medicineMedical servicesRheumatoid arthritisSurgery Issue Published: 1 April 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...