The typical patient with rheumatoid arthritis has inflammation in the wrist and MCP or metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joints, or both, that persists beyond 6 weeks (Table 2).3 Among patients under 50 years of age more women are affected, but after age 50 incidence is equal for men and women.
The Afro-Brazilian bounty hunter looking for escaped slaves in an 1823 portrait by Johann Moritz Rugendas. A bounty hunter (sometimes called a bounty killer) is a person who captures fugitives and criminals for a monetary reward (bounty). This occupation, seen almost exclusively in the United States, is also known as bail enforcement agent, bail agent, recovery agent, bail recovery agent, or fugitive recovery agent.
Name for a category of persons who are offered a promised gratuity in return for hunting down and capturing or killing a designated target, usually a person or animal. Bounty hunters can be defined broadly as a category of persons who track down someone or something for money. A bounty is a subsidy that is paid to a category of persons who have performed a public service. Bounty is the proper term to be applied when the services of several persons are sought, and each person who fulfills the offer is entitled to the promised compensation. By contrast, a reward compensates a single service to be performed only once, such as in the capture of a fugitive.