Six cases of osteomalacia : five in aged women

Abstract

During the time I was Resident Medical Officer in the Dundee Parochial Hospital, from September 1900 to January 1903, I had under my care four patients who appeared to be suffering from senile osteomalacia.The fifth case occurred in the Dundee Western Poor House and was under the care of Dr. George Laurence, Dundee, who has kindly given me a short record of the illness.For the history of the sixth case, where the disease occurred in a pregnant woman, I an indebted to Professor Kynoch, Professor of Midwifery, St. Andrews University, who has most kindly placed his notes at my disposal. I saw the patient frequently while studying in his wards in the Dundee Royal Infirmary.