See Also: well-field system(encyclopedia)
equal-field system(encyclopedia)
VCU Health System(health)
BJC Health System(health)
Nix Health Care System(health)
Nebraska Health System(health)
MultiCare Health System(health)
Michigan Health System(health)
MeritCare Health System(health)
Mercy Health System(health)

Arthrosis (health) and well-field system (sh)


Arthrosis (health)


Term used to refer to osteoarthritis - has largely fallen out of favour.





well-field system (sh)




Communal land organization supposedly in effect early in the Zhou dynasty (1046-256 BC).

It is mentioned in the writings of Mencius, who advocated it. In the well-field system, one unit of land was divided among eight peasant Families. A shared field was surrounded by eight fields, each worked by an individual family. The field in the centre was worked jointly by the Families for their lord. Later reformers referred to the concept to justify their land-redistribution systems or to criticize government land practices.