HOUSEMAID'S KNEE
Certain occupations which require the repeated use of the limbs in one position sometimes lead to trouble. For instance, those who have! to kneel at their work are constantly putting pressure on the knee. At first, Nature protects the bones from pressure by forming a pad at tho point of contact. If, however, the pressure is continued, this pad may become inflamed and fill with fluid. This trouble can be often cured in the early stages, provided one rests from kneeling, by painting the affected part with iodine every other day until the skin shows sign of cracking. In the later stages, it is sometimes sufficient to have the fluid removed and the joint bound up with strapping. But when the condition has become chronic there is nothing for it but to remove the swelling altogether by operation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21462, 8 April 1933, Page 7 (Supplement)
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140HOUSEMAID'S KNEE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21462, 8 April 1933, Page 7 (Supplement)
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