Abstract
IT IS WELL known that nonspecific arthritis is a disease which is characterized by relapses and remissions. 1 It is also generally accepted that whereas there is no specific curative agent for this disease, there are many measures which hasten remissions in both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. 2 As Hench 3 recently stated in discussing the use of gold therapy in rheumatoid arthritis, a remission may be obtained by this method in six months in a case in which it otherwise might require six years. Using measures other than chrysotherapy, a smaller percentage of remissions has been reported after the use of such diverse treatments as hyperthermia with typhoid vaccine, 4 hypervitaminosis with massive doses of activated ergosterol (viosterol), 5 bismuth therapy, 6 low carbohydrate diets, 7 administration of cinchophen, 8 starvation, 9 administration of streptococcus vaccine, 10 administration of foreign protein, 11 bee venom therapy 12 and even anesthesia. 13 Of striking significance is the fact that the highest percentage of remissions
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