What ‘skeletal paleopathology’ can teach us about arthritis. The contributions of the late Dr Juliet Rogers

Abstract

Dr Juliet Rogers (Fig. 1), who died in 2001, aged 61, devoted her working life to the study of ancient human skeletons to aid our understanding of disease – the science of ‘skeletal paleopathology’ (1, 2). She made many important contributions to rheumatology. Here we celebrate her work through a brief resume of some of the things her work has taught us about bone and joint disease...