Osteoarthritis
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.,Created For = LHSA-Dott
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
PR2.9949, 1950-1951
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9949
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica; osteoarthritis; and low back pain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1950-1951