RT Journal
T1 STudien über experimentelle arthritiden und karditiden. ein beitrag zur frage der pathogenetischen bedeutung endokriner factoren bei dem sogenannten gelenkrheumatismus
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD December 30
VO 113
IS 27
SP 2448
OP 2448
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800520074033
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800520074033
AB This is a short monograph on the relationship between endocrine dysfunction and arthritis. The author presents a historical review of the literature on the endocrine and arthritis relationship, which he summarizes to the effect that the endocrine disturbance is either the only cause of the joint symptoms or a predisposing factor, or a coordinated one. Exclusive endocrine etiology is declined but the predisposing factor and the coordinated character are given the benefit of doubt from the review of the literature. The original work of the author is directed toward the solution of the question how far animal experiments will reveal the causal relation between endocrine disturbance and arthritic symptoms. The experiments of the author include serum and tuberculin injections, inoculation with streptococcus and polymorphodiplococcus, and foreign protein injections, applied to castrated animals as well as to controls. The conclusion of the author seems to be that the results indicate that