What is the history of Relapsing Polychondritis?

My understanding of RP is there is a vast amount of symptoms that are possible. Many different presentations of RP can appear. I heard back in the late 1920's a man was thought to have gotten RP from drinking too much beer! Of course we know know this is not true.

No...I don't. That would be interesting.

In 1923, Rudolf Jaksch von Wartenhorst first discovered Relapsing polychondritis while working in Prague and initially named it Polychondropathia.[17][18]

His patient was a 32-year-old male brewer who presented with fever, asymmetric polyarthritis, and the ears and nose showed signs of swelling, deformity and were painful. Biopsy of nasal cartilage revealed loss of the cartilage matrix and a hyperplastic mucous membrane. Jaksch von Wartenhorst considered this was an undescribed degenerative disorder of cartilage and named it Polychondropathia. He even took his patient's occupation into consideration, and related the cause to excessive alcohol intake.[18]

Since then, the disease has received many names. The following table shows the history of the nomenclature of Relapsing polychondritis. The current name, Relapsing Polychondritis (RP), was introduced by Pearson and his colleagues in 1960 to emphasize the episodic course of the disease.

Unknown I can not find when 1st patient diagnosed

The first clinical description of relapsing polychondritis was attributed to Jaksch-Wartenhorst, who in 1923 reported the case of a 32-year-old brewer with fever, asymmetric polyarthritis, and pain and swelling of his external ears.

(RP) is a rare disease of unknown etiology. The first clinical description of it is attributed to Jaksch-Wartenhorst, who in 1923 reported the case of a 32-year-old brewer with fever, asymmetric polyarthritis, and pain and swelling of his external ears.

The first case of RP was described in 1923 by Jaksch-Wartenhorst [1]. The term “relapsing polychondritis” was first used by Pearson et al. in 1960 in their review of 12 cases

It's rare, maybe 3 or 4 percent of the population. More may have contracted it but died before diagnosis. I did not seek medical help at first because I thought I had leprosy and would be separated from society. When my eye was affected, it became urgent, and I sought medical help.