Rheumatoid arthritis in an Icelandic textbook from 1782

• Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
• Main Authors: Jonsson, H, Helgason, J
• Other Authors: Landspítalinn University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2010
• Subjects: Arthritis; Rheumatoid; Female; History; 18th Century; Humans; Iceland; Textbooks as Topic; Vaga
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/112226; https://doi.org/10.3109/03009749609080002

To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field In 1782, Jón Pétursson, a district physician in Northern Iceland, published a textbook on arthritis and its remedies intended for common use. Working within a very simple diagnostic system,...