Knee joint of a haemophiliac
Wellcome Collection

Knee joint of a haemophiliac

Godart, Thomas

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Watercolour drawing of the knee joint from a boy, who was a bleeder, and died from continuous haemorrhage, resulting from a cut on the lip. The synovial membrane is stained with blood, which had been extravasated into the joint, the cartilage is very thin, and the patella was adherent to the condyles of the femur.

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