RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
AMERICAN TESTS. DISCOUNTED IN NEW ZEALAND. An enquiry has been undertaken at Dunedin by Dr. Steenson into the nature of rheumatoid arthritis and allied rheumatic conditions, according to Hon. J. A. Young, Minister of Health, speaking at Hamilton last night. Rheumatoid arthritis .is. said Mr Young, a particularly distressing disease, and one with which we have a fair experience in New Zealand, and it was thought highly desirable that we should make some special detailed investigation in this country. Dr. Steenson, so far, has been carrying out extremely laborious complement fixation tests, as elaborated by certain workers in America, and his investigations serve to prove that the claims of these- workers with regard to the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by the aid of serological test/ cannot be maintained. So far, Hr findings have been more or less of negative nature.
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17133, 21 June 1927, Page 6
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