Hansen S E
Department of Rheumatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Scand J Rheumatol. 1995;24(5):274-8. doi: 10.3109/03009749509095162.
Three dissertations on arthritis in Latin by the Englishman William Musgrave have been reviewed to find possible descriptions of rheumatoid arthritis. Polyarticular long-lasting joint pain in women are the cases most probable to be rheumatoid arthritis. This was found in 18 of 150 case stories. In the general sections the description of an arthritis after rheumatism has many traits compatible with rheumatoid arthritis. This sort of arthritis is reported to be frequent. It seems reasonable to conclude that rheumatoid arthritis was not uncommon at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The difficulties in diagnostic interpretation of old medical texts are demonstrated.
对英国人威廉·马斯格雷夫用拉丁文撰写的三篇关于关节炎的论文进行了审查，以寻找类风湿性关节炎可能的描述。女性多关节长期疼痛的病例最有可能是类风湿性关节炎。在150个病例故事中有18例发现了这种情况。在总论部分，对风湿后关节炎的描述有许多与类风湿性关节炎相符的特征。据报道，这种关节炎很常见。有理由得出结论，在17世纪和18世纪之交，类风湿性关节炎并不罕见。文中展示了对古代医学文本进行诊断解读的困难。
