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osteoarthritis of the hip

Osteoarthritis

Site: Jarrow monastic site, Tyne and Wear.
Period: Late Saxon to post-medieval.
Excavator: Prof. R.J. Cramp, Durham University.
Published: forthcoming.
Skeleton: male in old age.

Catalogue entry: Gross osteoarthritis affected the right hip joint. The femoral head is eburnated and there is granular pitting of the bone. Large osteophytes have formed around the edges of the joint.

Sue Anderson, © 2000.

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