RT Journal
T1 THe present status of rheumatism
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1936
FD May 30
VO 106
IS 22
SP 1900
OP 1900
DO 10.1001/jama.1936.02770220036013
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1936.02770220036013
AB The authors1 of the second American review on the present status of knowledge of rheumatism and arthritis, prepared at the request of the American Committee for the Control of Rheumatism, point out that "rheumatism" was not considered to be a problem until, about twenty years ago, research in the field disclosed that a problem existed. Certainly it presents a social and economic problem as well as a medical one. Rheumatism, judging its incidence from the proportion of the population that actually complains of its symptoms, is twelve times as prevalent as cancer and one fortieth as fatal. The morbidity is 10 per cent among all persons who have passed the age of 40 years. The disease is more frequent among outdoor than among indoor workers, more prevalent in rural than in urban communities and twice as frequent among the poor as among the well-to-do. Yet it is possible that