DCHP-3

snowshoe evil

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a painful state of inflamed joints and muscles affecting snowshoers, caused by undue strain on the tendons of the leg.

Quotations

1763
I was now troubled with a disorder, called the snow-shoe evil, proceeding from an unusual strain on the tendons of the leg, occasioned by the weight of the snow-shoe, and [which] brings an inflammation.