The Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

The first chapter of this little volume is devoted to classification, and a definition of just what the author proposes to consider under the title of rheumatoid arthritis. In the present state of confusion in regard to nomenclature, this constitutes a valuable introduction, and one for which the reader is certain to be grateful. The remainder of the first portion of the volume is concerned with a judicial exposition of the etiologic factors which have been considered, as focal infections; endocrine factors and metabolic changes. The author states in the preface that he will attempt to steer a middle course in his consideration of the different views, and this he does, to the profit of the reader. The second part of the volume takes up the question of treatment and especially the orthopedic treatment. It is to such orthopedic treatment that in practically all of such cases recourse must be