The Course of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Patients Receiving Simple Medical and Orthopedic Measures

Abstract

NO METHOD of treatment thus far employed in rheumatoid arthritis can justly be considered "specific" — a term that implies a rapid and complete reversal of subjective and objective manifestations of the disease, whether localized in the skeletal system or in other parts of the body. Such a therapeutic principle, of course, is constantly effective and leaves no doubt of its value in the minds of either patient or physician. Pending the discovery of this long-awaited advance, the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is necessarily confined to measures believed to be useful but of unproved value. Furthermore, the assessment of newer . . .