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An Early Case of Birth Injury
Author(s) -
Wells Calvin
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1964.tb08142.x
Subject(s) - medicine , foot (prosody) , surgery , birth injury , lower limb , anatomy , pregnancy , art , biology , literature , genetics
SUMMARY A fourth‐century Romano‐British decapitated inhumation is described. It had multiple abnormalities, the most important of which were a shoulder injury, shortening of the left upper and lower limbs, and chronic infective lesions of the left leg and right foot. The diagnosis of obstetrical shoulder trauma and tuberculous infection of left knee and right tarsal joints is presented and discussed.