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Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on August 3, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45(10):1323-1324; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel257
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Rheumatology in China—brief introduction of the development of Chinese rheumatology

F.-C. Zhang

Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, 100730, China

Correspondence to: F.-C. Zhang, President Chinese Rheumatology Association, Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, 1 Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China. E-mail: zhangsamfc@hotmail.com

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   Recognition of rheumatism in Chinese traditional medicine (CTM)
 
There were accounts of rheumatism in Chinese ancient medical books more than two thousand years ago, though knowledge at that time limited rheumatism only to pain in the joints and soft tissues. According to CTM, rheumatism is caused by external influences related to wind, cold, wet and dry conditions. Therefore, the treatment should focus on these influences and re-establishing the balance of the internal environment. Of course, modern rheumatology covers more diseases than CTM.


   Development of modern rheumatology in China
 
Establishment of academic organizations
Compared with most other specialties, Chinese modern rheumatology started relatively late. The 1960s saw the appearance of professional rheumatologists and outpatient clinics . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Academic progress

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