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CHRONIC RHEUMATISM

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 238 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RHEUMATISM .-ThiS See also:term has been somewhat loosely applied to various chronic See also:joint affections, sometimes of gouty origin or the result of rheumatoid See also:arthritis. Strictly speaking, it may be applied to cases in which the joint lesions persist after an attack of rheumatism, and chronic inflammatory thickening of the tissues takes See also:place, so that they become stiff and deformed. It is also appropriate to certain joint affections occurring in later See also:life in rheumatic subjects, who are liable to repeated attacks of See also:pain and stiffness in the See also:joints, usually induced by exposure to See also:cold and wet. This See also:form of rheumatism is less migratory than the acute, and is commonly limited to one or two of the larger joints. After repeated attacks the affected joints may become permanently stiff and painful, and crackling or creaking may occur on See also:movement. There is seldom any constitutional disturbance, and the See also:heart is not liable to be affected.

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