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. Ed(S): Mow, Van C.; Ratcliffe, Anthony; Woo, Savio L.-Y. - Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints - 9781461280156 - V9781461280156
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Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints

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Description for Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints paperback. Editor(s): Mow, Van C.; Ratcliffe, Anthony; Woo, Savio L.-Y. Num Pages: 451 pages, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MNS; MQW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 724.
Historical folklore indicates that Asklepios (circa 900 BC), the fir~t western doctor of ancient Greece, treated many patients with rheumatic diseases of 1 joints ,2. Later, Hippocrates (circa 400 BC), who claimed to have learned from Asklepios, used the term arthritis in reference to joint diseases: "When the disease of arthritis strikes, acute inflammation and pain attacks the joints of the body ... ". Indeed, arthritic joint disease dates much farther back into antiquity than Asklepios. Many modern anthropologists have noted degenerative joint disease in the fossils of Neanderthal man (archanthropus europeus petraloniensis) and even in those of dinosaurs. More ... Read more

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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
451
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Number of Pages
451
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461280156
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V9781461280156
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