“…Butler (1933) favoured the original term of 'transitory arthritis'. In America several authors detailed a series of cases of 'transitory synovitis', this diagnosis being preferred by Finder (1936), Rauch (1940), Edwards (1952, Donaldson (1955), * Present address: Dulwich Hospital, London. Fox and Griffin (1956) and Rosenberg and Smith (1956).…”