GOLD THERAPY IN ARTHRITIS; OBSERVATIONS ON 100 CASES TREATED WITH GOLD SODIUM THIOSULPHATE AND AUROCEIN

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Article1 April 1939GOLD THERAPY IN ARTHRITIS; OBSERVATIONS ON 100 CASES TREATED WITH GOLD SODIUM THIOSULPHATE AND AUROCEINR. G. SNYDER, M.D., F.A.C.P., CORNELIUS TRAEGER, M.D., F.A.C.P., LEMOYNE KELLY, M.D.R. G. SNYDER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, CORNELIUS TRAEGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, LEMOYNE KELLY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-10-1672 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOur interest in gold salts as a means of treating rheumatoid and osteo-arthritis was stimulated by the work of Dr. Jacques Forestier, who in 1934 published1athe results of his observations on 500 cases of rheumatoid arthritis, treated over a period of five years. He stated that it had previously been demonstrated by Mollgaard that injections of gold salts would arrest the progress of tuberculosis. It was rational, therefore, that the same remedy might be of service in other chronic diseases of infective origin. Forestier1bclaimed that 70 to 80 per cent of the arthritic patients treated by him responded...Bibliography1. FORESTIER J(a) : Rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment by gold salts, Lancet, 1934, 646. (b) FORESTIER, J.: Rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment by gold salts, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1935, xx, 827. (c) FORESTIER, J., and CERTONCINY: Revue de Rhumatisme, June, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. HARTFALLGARLANDGOLDIE SJHGW: Gold treatment of arthritis; a review of 900 cases, Lancet, 1937, ii. Google Scholar3. SLOTDEVILLE GPM: Treatment of arthritis and rheumatism with gold, Lancet, 1934, i, 75-76. Google Scholar4. PEMBERTON HS: One hundred cases of chronic arthritis treated by gold, Lancet, 1937, i, 1037-1038. Google Scholar5. BAKER DM: Gold treatment in arthritis, Brit. Jr. Phys. Med., 1936, x, 192. Google Scholar6. CROSBY GJ: "Accidents" of gold treatment in rheumatoid arthritis, Lancet, 1936, i, 1463-1466. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BUCKLEY CW: The causes and treatment of arthritis, Brit. Med. Jr., 1934, i, 469-475. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. SOSTBERGSCHADESTEUBERWARBURG-RE-CEHLEN : The treatment of rheumatic diseases by injection, Med. Welt, 1934, 582. Google Scholar9. SASHINSPANBOCK DJ: Intravenous gold therapy in rheumatoid arthritis, Med. Rec., 1937, cxlv, 429-432. Google Scholar10. OREN J: Arthritis and its treatment with gold salts, Jr. Med. Soc. New Jersey, 1936, xxxiii, 591. Google Scholar11. PHILLIPS RT: The treatment of arthritis with gold salts, New England Jr. Med., 1936, ccxiv, 114-115. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. TEGNER W: Chrysotherapy in arthritis, Report on Chronic Rheumatic Diseases, 1937, 68. Google Scholar13. HENCHBAUERGHRISTHALLHOLBROOKKEYSLOCUMB PSWDFWPJACH: The present status of rheumatism and arthritis: review of American and English literature for 1936, ANN. INT. MED., 1938, xi, 1089-1247. (See p. 1170.) LinkGoogle Scholar14. HENCH P: See reference 13, p. 1159; Effect of jaundice on chronic infectious (atrophic) arthritis and on primary fibrositis, Arch. Int. Med., 1938, lxi, 451-480. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. BACH FG: Gold in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, St. Bartholomew's Hosp. Jr., 1936, 206-210. Google Scholar16. WYATTTHOMPSON BLHE: Experimentally induced jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia, Arch. Int. Med., 1938, lxi, 481-500. Google Scholar17. YANAGISAWAKAWAI KS: Japanese Jr. Exper. Med., 1937, xv, 29. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication August 25, 1938. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTurning on the Antimicrobial Activity of Gold Nanoclusters Against Multidrug‐Resistant Bacteria**Turning on the Antimicrobial Activity of Gold Nanoclusters Against Multidrug‐Resistant Bacteria**Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Challenges to Traditional ParadigmsTheodore Pincus, MD, Frederick Wolfe, MDIntramuscular versus oral gold therapyA Century of American RheumatologyTHOMAS G. BENEDEK, M.D.The history of gold therapy in rheumatoid diseaseEvaluation of the Toxicity of Anti-Inflammatory DrugsDesign and Laboratory Evaluation of Gold Compounds as Antiinflammatory AgentsThe early history of antirheumatic drugsSkin eruptions with gold therapy—influence of sesame oilLICHENOID DERMATITIS FOLLOWING GOLD THERAPY.Basophilic Stippling of the Red Blood Corpuscles during Chrysotherapy 1 April 1939Volume 12, Issue 10Page: 1672-1681KeywordsArthritisInfectious diseasesRheumatoid arthritisSaltsSodium ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...