Out of Joint: A Private & Public Story of Arthritis

"Felstiner brings a feminist's eye and a historian's tool kit to this narrative of her decades-long struggle with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) . . . tracing the growing scientific understanding of RA, from the earliest accounts in medical antiquity to the latest theories of how pregnancy might trigger the disorder."--"Publishers Weekly" 10 photos.

Author(s): Mary Lowenthal Felstiner
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2005-01-01
Pages: 238
Categories: Biography & Autobiography