Egyptian papyrus scrolls shed light on a mysterious joint disease
Doctor Hans Reiter claimed credit during the 1930s for having identified the rheumatic disease reactive arthritis. Scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy can now reveal that the disease was known thousands of years ago, a discovery that sheds new light on how diseases become established and spread through the centuries.It is believed to have led to the death of Christopher Columbus. Erstwhile guitarist of the rock band Kiss Mark St John suffers from it, as does Scottish footballer Ian Murray. The symptoms are described in medical texts from the 19th century, but it was the German doctor Hans