风湿病,一般又称为偻麻质斯病(Rheu-matism),斯高力斯基氏病。偻麻质斯来来自希腊语“Rheuma”是“流”的意思,因最早希波克拉底氏认为此病是机体受了某种液体侵袭之故。后来也曾把各种不同的病因及不同症状的关节、肌肉疾患统称为风湿病。直到1836年氏才第一次指出了风湿病与心脏病间的关系,故又有称为氏病。而风湿病一词其正来源出自中医,《素问》:“风、寒、湿三气杂至合而为痹”;《金匮》:“病者一身痛、发热、日哺所 Rheumatism, commonly known as Rheu-matism, is a Squish disease. It comes from the Greek word “Rheuma”, meaning “flow”, because, at first, Hippocrates believed the disease was affected by some liquid attack. Later, a variety of different causes and symptoms of joint and muscle disorders have collectively referred to as rheumatism. It was not until 1836 that the relationship between rheumatism and heart disease was pointed out for the first time, so it was called a disease. The term rheumatism is derived from Chinese medicine, “Su asked”: “wind, cold, wet three gas miscellaneous to paralysis”; “golden”: "the patient a pain, fever,