The Rôle of the Bowel in Chronic Arthritis
Authors: E. F. TRAUT
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 January 1933The Rôle of the Bowel in Chronic ArthritisE. F. TRAUT, M.D.E. F. TRAUT, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-7-913 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe bowel is usually mentioned as a possible origin of the varied nerve, muscle, and joint syndromes characterizing chronic infectious or atrophic (American Committee for the Control of Rheumatism) arthritis. The colon has been taken to be a focus of infection, the source of bacterial toxins or the seat of autointoxication. Free action of the bowels has always been advocated in the treatment of arthritis. Numerous medicinal and mechanical measures have been elaborated to secure this. The adnexa of the bowel, the appendix and gall-bladder, have played prominent rôles as possible foci of infection. Fletcher and Graham1found the colon...References1 FLETCHERGRAHAM AAD: The large bowel in chronic arthritis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1930, clxxix, 91-93. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 BURBANK R: Vaccine therapy and serological diagnosis in the arthritides, Jr. Bone and Joint Surg., 1926, viii, 657-665. A study of the streptococcus in the etiology of arthritis, N. Y. Acad. Med. Bull., 1929, v, 176-187. Google Scholar3 KEATING PM: Treatment of chronic arthritis with autogenous streptococcus vaccines, Texas State Jr. Med., 1929, xxiv, 691-693. Google Scholar4 CROWE HW: The specific vaccine treatment of chronic arthritis and rheumatism, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1930, xv, 1072-1092. Google Scholar5 TRAUTHERROLD EFRD: A simple method of making cultures of the rectum, Jr. Infect. Dis., 1929, xlv, 172-174. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 NEDZELARNOLD AJL: Influence of egg white upon the absorption of bacteria from the intestinal tract, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1931, xxviii, 358-359. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 REDEWILLPOTTERGARRISON FHJEHA: Colon as a site of focal infection in chronic pyelitis, cystitis and prostatitis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 688-694. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 MONROEHALL RTFC: The feces of patients with chronic arthritis, Arch. Int. Med., 1931, xlvii, 764-770. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 STREICHERKAPLAN MHB: Chronic ulcerative colitis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 10-12. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 JORDANBOLAND EPJP: Results of blood cultures in acute poly-arthritis, Jr. Infect. Dis., 1930, xlvi, 148-151. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 ANDREWESHORDER FWTJ: A study of streptococci pathogenic for man, Lancet, 1906, ii, 708-713. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, IllinoisFrom the John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases, Chicago, Illinois.Received for publication, March 3, 1932. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTen cases of amoebiasis with arthritic complaintsLiteraturverzeichnisTHE PRESENT STATUS OF THE PROBLEM OF "RHEUMATISM"; A REVIEW OF RECENT AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE ON "RHEUMATISM" AND ARTHRITIS*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. 1 January 1933Volume 6, Issue 7Page: 913-920KeywordsArthritisColonInfectious diseasesMusclesNervesToxins Issue Published: 1 January 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...