Observations on acute rheumatism, and its metastasis to the heart, etc / [Thomas Cox].

  • Cox, Thomas.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Observations on acute rheumatism, and its metastasis to the heart, etc / [Thomas Cox]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON ACUTE KHEUMATteM. fr m #0 The pertisal of ancient medical authors is sufficient to tOnviifte us, that the « disease now denominated Rheumatism was well known at the earliest periods; but the want of systematic arrangements caused the symptoms of this and other diseases es¬ sentially different, to be described under xOne general head. Hippocrates distin¬ guished Gout from Rheumatism, by the former confining itself to one joint, whilst the latter affected several. Aretaeus con¬ sidered Acute Rheumatism only as a variety of Gout, which was called by him wander¬ ing Other authors have given different opinions concerning it; but the description B