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172 See on the treatment of āmavāta, often identified as rheumatoid arthritis: N.P. Bector and A.S. Puri (1971); N.P. Bector, A.S. Puri and D. Sharma (1968); *G.P. Dubey and R.H. Singh (1972); P. Kishore and M.M. Padhi (1987); P. Kishore and S.N. Tripathi (1966); *A. Majumdar (1979); V. Narayanaswami (1978); P. Pāṇḍey (1973–74); *M.M. Pandit (1973); B.K. Patwardhan, M.N. Saraf and R.B. Ghooi (1990); *N.H. Rao (1980); S. Rastogi and R.H. Singh (1995); *R.S. Rathor et al. (1973); M.N. Saraf, R.B. Ghooi and B.K. Patwardhan (1989); *A.K. Sharma et al. (1981); B.S. Sharma (1971–73); *K.P. Shukla et al. (1985); R.H. Singh (1997); S.N. Tripathi (1970); S.N. Tripathi et al. (1979); S.N. Tripathi and P. Kishore (1967); *B.N. Upadhyay et al. (1986). See for the description of a course of treatment: F. Zimmermann (1995): 40–56. The usual identification of āmavāta as rheumatoid arthritis is not based on firm evidence; rheumatoid arthritis may even be a relatively recent disease (see M.D. Grmek, 1991: 83–84).