Origin The mid-1930s
Rheumatology, from the Ancient Greek for flowing current, is the branch of medicine devoted to diagnosing and managing disorders whose common feature is inflammation in the bones, muscles, joints and internal organs. It covers more than one hundred distinct rheumatic diseases, among them arthritis, lupus and Sjögren's syndrome, most of which are autoimmune or inflammatory in origin rather than purely mechanical.
Facts
Origin PeriodDated to the 1934-1935 founding of the American Association for the Study and Control of Rheumatic Diseases, later the American Rheumatism Association and then the American College of Rheumatology; the main Rheumatology Wikipedia article's own History section covers only rheumasurgery and does not address the specialty's general emergence, so this is cited to the founding society's own history instead. Classification
Type/Classification Connections
Associated With
Chronic inflammatory arthritis of the spine; rheumatology specialty.
Source WikipediaWikipedia contributors
Additional Source Wikipedia: ICD-10Introduction
Autoimmune rheumatic disease is an immunologic field
Rheumatology is an internal medicine subspecialty
Vasculitis, Conditions Inflammation of blood vessels, often autoimmune; rheumatology specialty.
Notable Specialists
Source Bodog F. Beck (Wikipedia)
Treats
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
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Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. Ernest E. Irons (Wikipedia)
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In 1934-1935, he was the founding president of the American Association for the Study and Control of Rheumatic Diseases, which was later known as the American Rheumatism Association and the American College of Rheumatology.
Rheumatology (Wikipedia)
IntroductionQuote, Introduction
a branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and management of disorders of which the common feature is inflammation in the bones, muscles, joints, and internal organs
Wikipedia: ICD-10
Bodog F. Beck (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Bodog F. Beck, Lead, specialist-in rheumatologyQuote, Notable Specialists: Bodog F. Beck, Lead, specialist-in rheumatology
specialized in the treatment of arthritic and rheumatoid conditions using bee venom
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