Psychosomatic non-articular rheumatism.

Non-Articular Rheumatism (Fibrositis)

Fibrositis of Muscles.

Interest in the rheumatic diseases has much increased during the last ten or twelve years. Articular rheumatism has, however, received more attention than the non-articular forms, because the former may take a more dramatic course and often result in disablement. Fibrositis is a term applied to several different kinds of rheumatism in the soft tissues; we are in doubt as to the cause of many of...

Rheumatic Diseases and Mouth Infection

The problem of focal infection in relation to rheumatic diseases has received too little critical consideration. The subject must be approached first from the standpoint of the nature of systemic diseases. In other words we have got to know what rheumatism and arthritis are. The term ' rheumatic diseases ' embraces a big group of various illnesses which have their chief characteristic pain in a...

Pirprofen in treatment of non-articular rheumatism in Pakistani outpatients, a multicentre study.

This study was conducted by 50 leading family physicians and consultants scattered throughout Pakistan to evaluate efficacy and tolerability of Pirprofen in non-articular rheumatism in Asian populations. A total of 199 subjects suffering from soft tissue rheumatism completed 2 weeks therapy. Evaluation of patient’s condition was made on days 0, 7 and 14, seven target symptoms and signs were eva...

Swediaur: the vicious anti-Hunter rheumato-venereologist.

Hunter has not overlooked the articular rheumatism ... But to Swediaur is due the credit of recognizing the connection between the cause and the effect, between gonorrhoea and the variety of articular rheumatism which we are about to consider; it is to this author, in a word, that we are indebted for establishing the existence of gonorrhoeal arthritis . . .[This is an error; see Musgrave',3J Al...