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" What are those little hard knobs, about the size of a small pea, which are frequently seen upon the fingers, particularly a little below the top, near the joint? "
John Haygarth, FRS (1740-1827): A Physician of the Enlightenment - Page 114
by Christopher Charles Booth - 2005 - 169 pages
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Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 81

1854 - 848 pages
...fingers found."— DRYDEN. Heberden begins and ends one of his admired commentaries (chap, xxviii.) as follows : — " What are those little hard knobs,...particularly a little below the top, near the joint 1 They have no connection with the gout, being found in persons who never had it ; they continue for...
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The Principles and Practice of Medicine, Volume 2

Charles Hilton Fagge - 1886 - 926 pages
...Nodi," and which, as he said, consists of " little hard knobs about the size of a small pea, situated upon the fingers, particularly a little below the top, near the joint." They continue for life, and although they give rise to no pain, they are often brought under one's notice...
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The Senile Heart, Its Symptoms, Sequelae, and Treatment

George William Balfour - 1898 - 320 pages
...they Heberden's are no£ a}ways connected with any knots. J . J paroxysm. Heberden himself says : " What are those little hard knobs, about the size of...the top near the joint? They have no connection with gout, being found in persons who never had it ; they continue through life ; and being hardly ever...
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Annals of Medical History, Volume 4

1922 - 458 pages
...one gets of Heberden's nodes is found in his "Commentaries." Calling them "digitorum nodi" he says: What are those little hard knobs, about the size of...connection with the gout, being found in persons who have never had it; they continue for life; and being hardly ever attended with pain, or disposed to...
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Pediatrics of the Past

John Ruhräh - 1925 - 668 pages
...which bear his name. The description of the latter in his "Commentaries" is as follows: DIGITORUM NODI What are those little hard knobs, about the size of...little below the top, near the joint? They have no connexion with the gout, being found in persons who never had it; they continue for life; and being...
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The British Journal of Rheumatism: An Independent Review Mainly ..., Volumes 1-2

1939 - 616 pages
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Classic Descriptions of Disease: With Biographical Sketches of the Authors

Ralph Hermon Major - 1939 - 772 pages
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Some Chapters in Cambridge Medical History

Sir Walter Langdon-Brown - 1946 - 132 pages
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The Radiology of Bones and Joints

James Frederick Brailsford - 1948 - 784 pages
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Acta Geneticae Medicae Et Gemellologiae, Volume 3

1954 - 414 pages
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