A Rheumatoid Descent into Villainy
From 19th-century fairy tale illustrations to Disney’s global empire, rheumatoid arthritis has evolved into a visual shorthand for evil—a medical condition transmuted into moral metaphor that resonates today.
Jonas Kure Buer
Jonas Kure Buer is a postdoctoral fellow in social anthropology at the
University of Oslo, specializing in medical knowledge, pharmaceuticals, and rheumatic diseases – in particular how patients and healthcare
professionals collaboratively shape knowledge and decisions regarding
inflammatory joint diseases and treatments.