In the joint, the destructive processes coincident with rheumatoid arthritis occur
progressively over years without terminating in fibrous scarring and thereby resulting in
astandstill in the healing process. This fact indicates a special capacity of the synovial tissue
to promote the arthritic re action and distinguishes the synovial tissue from other boundary
tissues as well as from other conventional connective tissues. Regardless of how the
synovitic processes in rheumatoid arthritis, ie exudation, granulation, and scarring, are …