Archibald Edward Garrod, combining clinical practice with research

Abstract

"This physician, born in 1857, argued that rheumatoid arthritis was essentially a disease of the joints and should be clearly distinguished from rheumatism. " Editor's note: The note on Archibald Edward Garrod is the final entry of the initial series of History of Rheumatology with characters spanning the 17th century (Sydenham), 18th century (Heberden), 19th century (Osler and Garrod Sr.) and early 20th century (Garrod Jr.), constituting the legacy for Western rheumatology of what some have called the “proto-rheumatologists” or forerunners of the specialty.

Keywords

• history
• rheumatic diseases
• garrod
• rheumatoid arthritis