Peter Cluckey
National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland. Two months after 22-year-old Peter Cluckey re-enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1904, he was diagnosed with chronic rheumatism affecting many of his joints. Despite a variety of treatments, his condition worsened until nearly every joint in his body became fused. Before he died at age 43, Cluckey arranged to donate his body to the museum. An autopsy determined that Cluckey had suffered from severe chronic progressive ankylosing rheumatoid arthritis and spondylitis, but that his condition did not conform to any known specific disease.
Peter Cluckey
National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland. Two months after 22-year-old Peter Cluckey re-enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1904, he was diagnosed with chronic rheumatism affecting many of his joints. Despite a variety of treatments, his condition worsened until nearly every joint in his body became fused. Before he died at age 43, Cluckey arranged to donate his body to the museum. An autopsy determined that Cluckey had suffered from severe chronic progressive ankylosing rheumatoid arthritis and spondylitis, but that his condition did not conform to any known specific disease.