The author asserts strenously that the occurrence of th a rheumatoid arthritis have been frequently related with hereditary constitution in the rheumatic strain.
1. There are two rheumatic families; in every strains many rheumatic patients are found and it is proved that the occurrence of rheumatoid arthritis is related with hereditary predisposition lying in their strains.
In the first family, there are seven patients, in whom five patients are female, In this strain hereditary predisposition would be produced through nearly related intermarriage for several generations.
In the other famlly, there are five cases of rheumatic disease, in which four famale patients are found among 6 siblings.
2. X-ray findings of joints, mainly of the wrist, knee and ankle, revealed fibrous and bony ankylosis, swelling and deformities of joints, destruction and rarefaction of bones, and atrophy of periarticular tissues.
3. The treatment for the rheumatoid arthritis is unsatisfactory at present about the point of recovery from the diseases, for which the establishment of the public health center for rheumatic disease is quite urgent for the purpose of treatment and rehabilitation.
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