Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector8376210.17816/kazmj83762Research Article1st All-Union Meeting of Committees for Combating Rheumatism and Combating It in the USSRVilenskyL. I.<p>Privat-docent</p>info@eco-vector.comOyfebakhM. I.info@eco-vector.com150219312722062102510202125102021Copyright © 1931, Eco-Vector1931<p>The enormous economic significance of rheumatism, which gave reason to classify it as a social disease and call it a "scourge for the industry", aroused great interest in the fight against it both in Western Europe and in the USSR. According to Arno1d'a, Ziiner'a for one case of tuberculosis "rheumatic" diseases give in places 3.2 diseases; their duration is on average 3-4 times longer than with tuberculosis.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив