At the time of the writing of this book, rheumatic diseases were second in the United States only to diseases of the heart in causing loss of time from work. Dr. Cobb assembles in this volume a summary of the epidemiologic information on this group of ailments. He also lays the groundwork for the study of hypotheses about their etiology and provides a complete discussion of psychological factors. He identifies gaps in the knowledge of the time and suggests directions for future research. By the 1970s Dr. Cobb had worked for nearly twenty years on the epidemiology of rheumatic diseases. He was a program director in the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.

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