On rheumatism, rheumatic gout, and sciatica : their pathology, symptoms, and treatment / by Henry William Fuller.

  • Fuller, Henry William, 1820-1873.
Date:
1856
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Credit: On rheumatism, rheumatic gout, and sciatica : their pathology, symptoms, and treatment / by Henry William Fuller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER III. ON THE SEAT OF RHEUMATISM, AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF ITS DIFFERENT VARIETIES. PACE Differences of opinion as to tlie seat of rheumatism . . 45 All parts of the body liable to suffer .... 4-5—47 The white fibrous tissue throughout the body especially liable to be attacked . . . . . . . . 47, 48 Probable explanation of this fact . . . . . 48, 49 Those joints which are most exposed or most exercised, and those which at any time have been subjected to injury, are pecuUarly obnoxious to an attack . . . . . . 49, 50 Probable explanation of this circumstance .... 50 The local symptoms assume a symmetrical arrangement . . 50, 51 Classification of rheumatism . . . . . 51, 52 Chief characteristics of its different varieties . . . 52—55 CHAPTER IV. ON ACUTE RHEUMATISM, OR RHEUMATIC FEVER. Acute rheumatism, or rheumatic fever. Its extreme danger . 50 Age at which it occurs. Its various modes of attack , . 56, 57 Its symptoms, general and local ..... 57—63 The fever not commensurate with the extent and intensity of the articular inflammation . .... 63, 64 The perspiration often spoken of as enfeebling and useless. Not so in reality ....... 64—67 Symptoms indicative of a subsidence of the disease ... 67 The stiffness which remains after the subsidence of the acute disease, not to be mistaken for a chronic form of the disorder . . 68 Ordinary duration of an attack of acute rheumatism. Opinions of different authors. Results of author's observation . . 68—70 Statistical Report on the duration of the disease . . . 69—71 Can the paroxysm be immediately arrested or cut short by treatment? Grounds for author's opiuion to the contrary, and explanation of the cases whicli arc often cited in proof of such an occurrence . 70, 71 Various complications of the disease. Their severity and importance . 71—73