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STUDIES ON ARTHRITIS IN THE ARMY, BASED ON FOUR HUNDRED CASES: I. PREAMBLE AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

STUDIES ON ARTHRITIS IN THE ARMY, BASED ON FOUR HUNDRED CASES: I. PREAMBLE AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Abstract The decision of the surgeon general to make special provision for the care and study of chronic arthritis in the Army, has permitted activities in this connection on a scale larger than has been possible in this country since the Civil War, or than seems likely to be possible again. The advisability of such provision was indicated by several factors. Statistics available through the courtesy of Col. A. G. Love, of the Sick and Wounded Division, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C., based on data available up to Jan. 1, 1918, indicated that for an army of four million men, for one year, there could be expected an incidence of upward of thirty thousand cases of chronic arthritis, excluding those of a tuberculous or a Neisserian nature. The very limited degree to which our troops had participated in active warfare at the time of compiling the above data suggested that References 1. The arthritic service was inaugurated at U. S. Army General Hospital No. 9, Nov. 16, 1918, and terminated with the closing of the hospital about June 1, 1919, although the admission of patients had ceased and the discharge of patients was completed about two weeks earlier. 2. Compiled with the assistance of First Lieut. John W. Robertson, M. C. Associated at various times with the arthritis service at this hospital, were also Capt. Louis A. Levison, M. C., on whom fell much of the routine medical care of the patients, First Lieut. Willard Phippard, M. C., and First Lieut. Jacob Mitchell, M. C. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the cooperation of these officers, particularly Captain Levison. 3. Lillie and Lyons ( J. A. M. A. 72:1214 [ (April 26) ] 1919)Crossref 4. Obligation is expressed for the painstaking and cooperative efforts of the medical officers conducting the department of the eye, ear, nose and throat; especially Capt. Watson W. Gailey, Jr., and Capt. T. W. Davis, M. C., U. S. Army. 5. Opinion of Capt. George G. Smith, chief of the genito-urinary service at U. S. Army General Hospital No. 9. 6. All 400 cases were analyzed for dental foci as mentioned, but calculation of the percentage incidence of different kinds of dental pathology was made on only 397 cases. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

STUDIES ON ARTHRITIS IN THE ARMY, BASED ON FOUR HUNDRED CASES: I. PREAMBLE AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

PEMBERTON, RALPH
Archives of Internal Medicine , Volume 25 (3) – Mar 1, 1920
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Abstract The decision of the surgeon general to make special provision for the care and study of chronic arthritis in the Army, has permitted activities in this connection on a scale larger than has been possible in this country since the Civil War, or than seems likely to be possible again. The advisability of such provision was indicated by several factors. Statistics available through the courtesy of Col. A. G. Love, of the Sick and Wounded Division, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C., based on data available up to Jan. 1, 1918, indicated that for an army of four million men, for one year, there could be expected an incidence of upward of thirty thousand cases of chronic arthritis, excluding those of a tuberculous or a Neisserian nature. The very limited degree to which our troops had participated in active warfare at the time of compiling the above data suggested that References 1. The arthritic service was inaugurated at U. S. Army General Hospital No. 9, Nov. 16, 1918, and terminated with the closing of the hospital about June 1, 1919, although the admission of patients had ceased and the discharge of patients was completed about two weeks earlier. 2. Compiled with the assistance of First Lieut. John W. Robertson, M. C. Associated at various times with the arthritis service at this hospital, were also Capt. Louis A. Levison, M. C., on whom fell much of the routine medical care of the patients, First Lieut. Willard Phippard, M. C., and First Lieut. Jacob Mitchell, M. C. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the cooperation of these officers, particularly Captain Levison. 3. Lillie and Lyons ( J. A. M. A. 72:1214 [ (April 26) ] 1919)Crossref 4. Obligation is expressed for the painstaking and cooperative efforts of the medical officers conducting the department of the eye, ear, nose and throat; especially Capt. Watson W. Gailey, Jr., and Capt. T. W. Davis, M. C., U. S. Army. 5. Opinion of Capt. George G. Smith, chief of the genito-urinary service at U. S. Army General Hospital No. 9. 6. All 400 cases were analyzed for dental foci as mentioned, but calculation of the percentage incidence of different kinds of dental pathology was made on only 397 cases.

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Published: Mar 1, 1920

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