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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    a case of rheumatoid arthritis, or in which it has previously occurred. Here we often see the leading features of both rheumatic and rheumatoid arthritis displayed in the same individual, and yet, so satisfied are we with the proof, that in these cases we hold the patient may he suffering from both diseases distinctively; this we unhesitatingly call a “ mixed case.” The conclusions that we think must be drawn from the clinical practice which has led to the publication of a book by ourselves,* in whicti are set forth these differences in a much more exhaustive manner, as well as from this paper, must be stated at the outset to be that rheuma- tism and rheumatic arthritis are about as distinct from rheumatoid arthritis as they can possibly be. It may not be out of place to refer to the term rheumatic gout, which seems to be the favourite term in some of these conditions. Could any term be more misleading when it is intended to convey the idea of a single affec- tion ? It at once suggests a combination of two * “ The Rheumatic Diseases So-called,” by Hugh Lane and Charles T. Griffiths. London: J. & A. Churchill.