Rheumatoid Arthritis in an Icelandic Textbook from 1782
(1996) In Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology 25(3). p.134-137- Abstract
- 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... (More) - 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. (Less)
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- Jonsson, Helgi and Helgason, Jon LU
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- subject
- keywords
- history, rheumatoid arthritis
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- Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
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- 25
- issue
- 3
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- 134 - 137
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- Taylor & Francis
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- 1502-7732
- DOI
- 10.3109/03009749609080002
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- English
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abstract = {{In 1782, Jon Petursson, a district physician in Northern Iceland, published a textbook on arthritis and its remedies intended for common<br/><br>
use. Working within a very simple diagnostic system, essentially comprising osteoarthritis (arthritis h a ) and inflammatory arthritis (arthritis<br/><br>
vaga), he describes arthritis vaga as a common, chronic, symmetric, destructive, inflammatory polyarthritis, sometimes with systemic<br/><br>
manifestations. It affected people of aU ages with a peak incidence around forty, and had a female preponderance. The last observation is<br/><br>
of particular interest as he knew he was contradicting all the available literature. Contemporary descriptions of Jon PCtursson suggest that<br/><br>
he may have had rheumatoid arthritis himself which would explain his excellent description of this disease.}},
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series = {{Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology}},
title = {{Rheumatoid Arthritis in an Icelandic Textbook from 1782}},
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doi = {{10.3109/03009749609080002}},
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