Rheumatoid Arthritis in an Icelandic Textbook from 1782
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Summary, in English
In 1782, Jon Petursson, a district physician in Northern Iceland, published a textbook on arthritis and its remedies intended for common
use. Working within a very simple diagnostic system, essentially comprising osteoarthritis (arthritis h a ) and inflammatory arthritis (arthritis
vaga), he describes arthritis vaga as a common, chronic, symmetric, destructive, inflammatory polyarthritis, sometimes with systemic
manifestations. It affected people of aU ages with a peak incidence around forty, and had a female preponderance. The last observation is
of particular interest as he knew he was contradicting all the available literature. Contemporary descriptions of Jon PCtursson suggest that
he may have had rheumatoid arthritis himself which would explain his excellent description of this disease.
use. Working within a very simple diagnostic system, essentially comprising osteoarthritis (arthritis h a ) and inflammatory arthritis (arthritis
vaga), he describes arthritis vaga as a common, chronic, symmetric, destructive, inflammatory polyarthritis, sometimes with systemic
manifestations. It affected people of aU ages with a peak incidence around forty, and had a female preponderance. The last observation is
of particular interest as he knew he was contradicting all the available literature. Contemporary descriptions of Jon PCtursson suggest that
he may have had rheumatoid arthritis himself which would explain his excellent description of this disease.
Publiceringsår
1996
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
134-137
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
Volym
25
Issue
3
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Rheumatology and Autoimmunity
Nyckelord
- history
- rheumatoid arthritis
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1502-7732