THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC ARTHRITIS AND OTHER RHEUMATIC DISEASES AMONG SOLDIERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY
Authors: Philip S. Hench, Edward W. Boland
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 May 1946THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC ARTHRITIS AND OTHER RHEUMATIC DISEASES AMONG SOLDIERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMYPHILIP S. HENCH, EDWARD W. BOLANDPHILIP S. HENCHSearch for more papers by this author, EDWARD W. BOLANDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-5-808 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the First World War about 93,000 American soldiers developed some sort of "rheumatism."1 Four common rheumatic diseases—rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, osteoarthritis and muscular rheumatism— accounted for about 80 per cent of these cases (table 1).The subsequent cost to the government of these 92,633 cases of rheumatism has never been estimated; it must have been very great. 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