De quervain's disease
de Quervain's Disease What is de Quervain's Disease? Once called Washer Woman's Sprain, this condition now bears the name of the Swiss surgeon, Fritz de Quervain (da cur vains ) who wrote about it in 1895. De Quervain's disease is a painful inflammation of the tendons in the wrist. From the drawing on the right, one can see that the tendons connected to the thumb bones are encased in lubricated..