Investigations were carried out on folkloric plant remedies among the tribal communities of Thrissur district, majority of which are the Malayans. This paper describes the common plant remedies for rheumatism. Preparation and mode of use of twelve plants either as single or in combination with other plants are given in detail.

The incidence of different types of shoulder pain after open heart surgery was studied prospectively. Of 101 patients studied, 45 developed rheumatic symptoms during the first six weeks after the operation. Thirty eight patients reported pain in the region of the shoulder girdle with no loss of shoulder function (postpericardiotomy rheumatism). Three of these patients also had features compatib...

Two of the many conditions commonly called " rheumatism" are actual joint diseases?(I) osteo-arthritis, a nuisance but not a calamity, and (2) rheumatoid arthritis, the most crippling of all. In two others there is no joint disease: (3) primary fibrositis, a periarticular or intramuscular condition producing aching and stiffness, and (4) " psychogenic rheumatism "?a psychoneurosis affecting the...

The conclusions I would draw from this work are merely those stated in a former paper. 1. The results obtained by injections of streptococci are different from those produced by Micrococcus rheumaticus. 2. Micrococcus rheumaticus cannot be regarded as an attenuated streptococcus, nor acute rheumatism as an attenuated streptococcal pyaemia. 3. In uncomplicated cases of acute rheumatism the organ...