RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Leg ulcers in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 263
OP 273
VO 31
IS 226
A1 I. S. L. Loudon
YR 1981
UL http://bjgp.org/content/31/226/263.abstract
AB Compared to today, ulceration of the legs was much more common in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and occurred in much younger people. The evidence for this, based mainly on the records of the hospitals, the dispensaries and medical records of the navy and army, is discussed. It is likely that the underlying pathology was much more varied in the past, with the possibility that ascorbic acid deficiency played a significant part in the high frequency of leg ulcers.