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. 1981 Dec;283(6307):1668-70.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.283.6307.1668.

Arthritis in Saxon and mediaeval skeletons

J Rogers, I Watt, P Dieppe

Arthritis in Saxon and mediaeval skeletons

J Rogers et al. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1981 Dec.

Abstract

Examination of 400 Saxon, Romano-British, and mediaeval skeletons from seven archaeological excavations in the west of England showed an unexpectedly high incidence of osteoarthritis and osteophytosis. Three skeletons had evidence of an erosive peripheral arthritis-one with probable gout, one probable psoriatic arthropathy, and one with possible rheumatoid arthritis. The pattern and types of rheumatic disease, and the resultant disability, were apparently different. An exuberant form of large joint osteoarthritis was common and rheumatoid arthritis and similar diseases rare.

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