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...Last week, in Columbus' University Hospital, Gene Snyder, 25, a victim of rheumatoid arthritis, who already had a partial artificial joint (made of steel) in his right hip, was laid out on his right side and anesthetized. Surgeon Wilson made a long incision clear down to the bone, and exposed the left hip joint which had been fused by the arthritic inflammation. He sawed off the top of the thigh bone (femur), ground the remaining end of the bone to the right depth and angle. He reamed out a hemispheric cavity in the pelvic bone, to accommodate the socket...
...worldwide demand for the hormone is now so great that many manufacturers are turning to the far larger whale glands -the size of an egg. Melville's pelagic Cain now helps to supply doctors with a valued treatment for at least 30 diseases, from common and crippling rheumatoid arthritis to scleroderma...
Specific "diseases of adaptation," according to Selye, include rheumatoid and gouty arthritis, several kidney disorders and some types of high blood pressure. Less well-defined but perhaps more clearly related to stress are emotional disturbances. There is also a two-way vicious cycle: besides "psychosomatic" illnesses in which a sick psyche causes physical changes in the organs, Selye emphasizes "somatopsychic" illnesses, arguing that nobody can be physically ill without as a result also suffering emotional upset...
Miracles & Disappointments. In 1949 came the dramatized announcement (with before-and-after movies) from the Mayo Clinic of wondrous results with two hormones: ACTH and cortisone. Hopes for miracle cures soared, along with sales of the hormones. Gradually it has become clear that the hormones do not cure rheumatoid arthritis; they suppress its worst symptoms until-as is the way with this baffling disease-it may subside spontaneously after a few months. Victims of other forms of rheumatism, some of whom thought rheumatism was all one disease, were disappointed when the hormones proved of little use to them. In some...
Despite the recent flurry of research advances, there is still no cure for rheumatoid arthritis-not in drugs, and certainly not in diet. But from judicious drug treatment and intensive aftercare, the unfortunate victim of this most damaging form of rheumatism can expect substantial early relief, and later, a fair recovery...