Intravenous Vaccine Therapy in Chronic Arthritis

Article1 November 1933INTRAVENOUS VACCINE THERAPY IN CHRONIC ARTHRITISWILLIAM B. RAWLS, M.D., F.A.C.P., B. J. GRUSKIN, M.D., A. RESSA, M.D.WILLIAM B. RAWLS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, B. J. GRUSKIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, A. RESSA, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-5-566 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMuch attention has been focused on the subject of chronic arthritis during the past few years and a survey of the literature shows an increasing belief in the streptococcal etiology of this condition.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11Many points of similarity have been noted between chronic arthritis, especially the so-called rheumatoid type, and rheumatic fever.12Menzer,13in 1902, in an endeavor to explain the peculiar action of his serum in rheumatic fever, advanced a theory which, in many respects, resembles the modern concept of allergy. More recently, Swift14, 15, 16, 17and Zinsser18, 19...References1. POYNTONPAYNE FJA: Researches on rheumatism, 1913, Macmillan Company, London. Google Scholar2. 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Y.*Presented as a Clinic at the Montreal Meeting of the American College of Physicians, February 8, 1933.From the Arthritis Clinic of the New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital.†While this paper was in preparation the following articles appeared:1. CLAWSON, B. J., and FAHR, G. E.: Experiments leading to a possible basis for vaccine therapy in acute rheumatic fever, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1930, xxvii, 964-965.2. SWIFT, H. F., HITCHCOCK, C. H., DERICK, C. L., and MCEWEN, C.: Intravenous vaccination with streptococci in rheumatic fever, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1931, clxxxi, 1-11.3. WETHERBY, M., and CLAWSON, B. J.: Chronic arthritis, with special reference to intravenous vaccine therapy, Arch. Int. Med., 1932, xlix, 303-320.4. CLAWSON, B. J., and WETHERBY, M.: Experimental basis for intravenous vaccine therapy in chronic arthritis with summary of results obtained in patients, ANN. INT. MED., 1932, v, 1447-1461. 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