Effect of still's Disease on the Haemopoietic System

Polyarthritis in Western Nigeria. II. Still's disease.

“…Polymorphoneutrophil leucocytosis, shown by Schlesinger and Cathie (1951) to be a common feature of the disease, was noted in several children. The low incidence of rheumatoid factor (5 per cent.)…”

Observations on the Clinical Course and Treatment of One Hundred Cases of Still's Disease

“…If the disease is left to run its natural course, pyrexia may persist for a long time, even for years. The fever may also assume a peculiar 4. periodicity, but the temperature chart shows greater irregularity than in Hodgkin's disease and brucellosis (Schlesinger, 1949). Sometimes the fever is very high, the child feels extremely ill, vomiting is frequent and the condition becomes serious.…”

Bone Marrow in Rheumatoid Arthritis

“…A shift to the left of the granulocytes was observed with pro-myelocyte rates of 20 and 30 per cent. myelocytes of the total bone marrow cells (Schlesinger and Cathie, 1951). An increase in the immature elements was reported from other series as well as the presence of a great number of megacaryocytes.…”