The stiff big toe joint explained

The stiff big toe joint explained

The painful ‘big toe’ (hallux) joint explained – hallux limitus Our task as clinicians is to prevent worsening of the painful bunion – hallux valgus or stiff toe known as hallux limitus. Long term failure to act means the joint fails to work. Two main reasons...
Book review Victorian Surgery

Book review Victorian Surgery

The Butchering Art Joseph Lister’s quest to transform the grisly world of Victorian Medicine Lindsey Fitzharris   ISBN 978-0-141-98338-7 Penguin Books 2018   First published in the USA by Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux   2017 Previously published in...