The Necessity of Certain Criteria for the Diagnosis and Cure of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Article1 October 1937THE NECESSITY OF CERTAIN CRITERIA FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND CURE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITISRUSSELL L. CECIL, M.D., F.A.C.P.RUSSELL L. CECIL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-4-637 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPerhaps the most important problem which confronts a young medical organization such as the American Rheumatism Association is the proper orientation of the Society in the field which it proposes to cover. This question has already been attacked in part by this group. In the first place we decided that we would not confine ourselves strictly to the matter of arthritis, but would cover the whole field of rheumatism, including rheumatic fever. Our next task is to attack the problem of nomenclature, and what a difficult problem it is! The English have already made a brave effort in this direction,...Bibliography1. A Report on Chronic Arthritis, Reports on Public Health and Medical Subjects, British Ministry of Health, London, No. 52, 1928. Google Scholar2. DAWSON MH: A comparative study of subcutaneous nodules in rheumatic fever and rheumatoid arthritis, Jr. Exper. Med., 1933, lvii, 845-858. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. CECILNICHOLLSSTAINSBY RLEEWJ: The etiology of rheumatoid arthritis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1931, clxxxi, 12. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. DAWSONOLMSTEADBOOTS MHMRH: Agglutination reactions in rheumatoid arthritis, Jr. Immunol., 1932, xxiii, 187. Google Scholar5. BLAIRHALLMAN JEFA: Streptococcal agglutinins and antistreptolysins in rheumatoid (atrophic) arthritis, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1935, xiv, 5. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*President's Address, read before the Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Rheumatism Association at Atlantic City, New Jersey, June 7, 1937. Received for publication July 9, 1937. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRecent Researches on Arthritis and Rheumatism in the United States 1 October 1937Volume 11, Issue 4Page: 637-642KeywordsRheumatic feverRheumatoid arthritis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1937 PDF downloadLoading ...