. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation . tuberculous arthritis, syphilitic arthri-tis, gonorrheal arthritis and gout. Rheumatoid arthritis is an affectionof the synovial membranes and of thesoft tissues about the joints, and so isnot usually susceptible of demonstra-tion on the x-ray film. It has, as arule, an acute and stormy onset, occursin younger subjects, and simultaneouslyaffects many joints, chiefly the smallerones. Osteo-arthritis is primarily a diseaseof the cartilage and bones, tending tothe destruction of cartilage, and to thelormation of osteophytic outgrowth atjoint ed
. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation . tuberculous arthritis, syphilitic arthri-tis, gonorrheal arthritis and gout. Rheumatoid arthritis is an affectionof the synovial membranes and of thesoft tissues about the joints, and so isnot usually susceptible of demonstra-tion on the x-ray film. It has, as arule, an acute and stormy onset, occursin younger subjects, and simultaneouslyaffects many joints, chiefly the smallerones. Osteo-arthritis is primarily a diseaseof the cartilage and bones, tending tothe destruction of cartilage, and to thelormation of osteophytic outgrowth atjoint edges. Hence it gives a char-acteristic x-ray appearance. It usuallyhas an insidious onset, occurs in olderpeople, and affects a larger joint, asthe hip or knee. A favorite site isthe vertebral column, where it isknown as 426 :; aiHl :t—.Mr. I-. ; i;:i lon,-plalnl; KplKiiRtrtc pain, sprliifc and : Of 15 years Uurntlpn. PloS : Toclh, loii-^lls :iiul :iiiini nc».:>t( uUii- Willi Kaniltilcecum and ascending colon. .Spondylitisof luniliar verlelinie. GASTRO-INTESTINAL FOCI Chronic deforming arthritis is notby any means a rare condition. Inthis series a search was made througheight thousand consecutive case re-ports, with the discovery of two hun-dred and sixty cases of deformingarthritis. In the search for etiology in these260 cases, the writer was surprised tofind that only 123 patients had beensubjected to a complete gastro-intes-tinal x-ray examination. Of the casesexamined previously to six months ago,only 93 out of a total of 222 hadtheir gastro-intestinal tract exploredradiologicaily. However, during thelast six months this proportion hasbeen changed. Out of 38 cases re-ported during this time, 30 had a com-plete gastro-intestinal ex
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