Rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis and subcutaneous nodules / by C.O. Hawthorne.

  • Hawthorne, C. O. (Charles Oliver), 1858-1949.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis and subcutaneous nodules / by C.O. Hawthorne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RHEUMATISM RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND SUBCUTANEOUS NODULES. A CLINICAL STUDY. THE area or province commanded by the term Rheu- matism has varied widely in its scope and contents in different periods of medical history. For the most part, the movements of opinion have been in the direction of restricting the application of the term within narrower and narrower limits, though in comparatively recent times a num- ber of phenomena previously unsuspected of any association with it, have been, with more or less general assent, included within the contents of its claim. It is only since the seven- teenth century that the significance of the word has in any degree corresponded to its modern definition. Previous to that date the disease now known as articular rheumatism was placed, together with gout, and indeed with all other affections of the joints, under the term “ arthritis,” any