Fibrositis and Reality

Fibrositis and Reality.

The following personal experience may throw some light on the problems of fibrositis. In March 1935, the writer contracted scarlet fever, the attack was a mild one and recovery appeared to be complete within a few days. Eighteen days after the onset, however, the heels became sore after walking 100 yards on a hard surface with a vivid impression of thickening of the soft tissues, but no swellin...

Fibrositis and Pain.

Fibrositis of Muscles.

Interest in the rheumatic diseases has much increased during the last ten or twelve years. Articular rheumatism has, however, received more attention than the non-articular forms, because the former may take a more dramatic course and often result in disablement. Fibrositis is a term applied to several different kinds of rheumatism in the soft tissues; we are in doubt as to the cause of many of...

Fibrositis (Gouty, Infective and Traumatic)

The work is an encyclopaedic attempt to elucidate on a scientific and pathological basis the nature and treatment of the congerie of painful complaints, usually lumped together under the name " chronic rheumatism." It is divided, in the author's words, "into three main sections, (1) Infective or toxic arthritis ; (2) Traumatic varieties of fibrositis; (3) Static disorders falsely yclept rheumat...

Aspects of "Fibrositis".