A System of Practical Medicine. By American Authors. Vol. 2

A System of Practical Medicine. By American Authors. Vol. 2 - General Diseases (Continued) and Diseases of the Digestive System

Acute articular rheumatism is a general non-contagious, febrile affection, attended with multiple inflammations, pre-eminently of the large joints and very frequently of the heart, but also of many other organs; these inflammations observing no order in their invasion, succession, or localization, but when affecting the articulations tending to be temporary, erratic, and non-suppurating; when involving the internal organs proving more abiding, and often producing suppuration in serous membranes. It is probably connected with a diathesisthe arthriticwhich may be inherited or acquired. It may present such modifications of its ordinary characters as to justify being called (2d) subacute articular rheumatism, and it may sometimes pass into the (3d) chronic form. ETIOLOGY.There is a general consensus of opinion that acute articular rheumatism belongs especially to temperate climates, and that it is exceedingly rare in polar regions; but respecting its prevalence in the tropics contradictory statements are made. Saint-Vel declares that it is not a disease of hot climates; Rufz de Levison saw only four cases of acute articular rheumatism, and not one of chorea, in Martinique during twenty years' practice; while Pruner Bey says it is common in Egypt, and Webb remarks the same for the East Indies. Even in temperate climates, like those of the Isle of Wight, Guernsey, Cornwall, some parts of Belgium (Hirsch), the disease is very rarea circumstance not to be satisfactorily explained at present. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 45313
Author: Pepper, William
Release Date: Apr 3, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Pepper, William, 1843-1898 , Starr, Louis, 1849-1925