Differentiation in rheumatic diseases (so-called) / read before the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Association 14th May, 1890 [reprinted from The Lancet, October, 1891] by Hugh Lane ...

  • Lane, Hugh.
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1890
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Credit: Differentiation in rheumatic diseases (so-called) / read before the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Association 14th May, 1890 [reprinted from The Lancet, October, 1891] by Hugh Lane ... Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PLATE III. Rheumatoid Arthritis, showing Ulnar Tendency. Fig. 7. Right and left hands of Ann S., aged fifty-two. She first noticed pains in wrists when wringing clothes ; has never had acute rheumatism. Well-marked rheumatoidal changes seen in metacarpo-phalangeal articulations (first and second) of right hand, and in ring finger proximal articulation in left- hand. Showing Typical Contractions in Rheumatic Arthritis. Fi<j. S. Right and left hands of Margaret M., aged thirty-seven; acute rheumatism twice. WThen seventeen years of age fingers at once assumed flexed and ankyloscd condition, as depicted. This may be well regarded as an advanced condition of rheu- matic arthritis, although the swelling and deformity appeared much about the same time.