See Also: Paget disease of bone(encyclopedia)
Paget's disease(medicine)
Paget disease(medicine)
Paget's disease(health)
disease, paget's(medicine)
Paget's disease of the nipple(medicine)
extramammary Paget disease(medicine)
paget disease of breast(medicine)
paget's disease, mammary(medicine)
paget's disease, extramammary(medicine)

Chinese law (sh) and Paget disease of bone (sh)


Chinese law (sh)




Law that evolved in China from the earliest times until the 20th century, when Western socialist law (see Soviet law) was introduced.

The oldest extant and complete Chinese law code was compiled in AD 653 during the Tang dynasty. Traditional Chinese law was influenced both by Confucianism, which allowed variability in moral conduct according to status and circumstances, and by Legalist, or Fajia, principles, which stressed reliance on uniform objective standards. The law also was affected by the emperor's divine role in the universe. The emperor was considered responsible to heaven for any disturbance in the earthly sphere; whenever a disturbance occurred, punishment was considered a means of restoring the cosmic equilibrium. All citizens were obliged to denounce wrongdoers to the local magistrate's office. The magistrate studied the facts of a case and, using the penal code, determined punishments, including beatings and torture. A profession of advocates, or lawyers, never developed in China. Traditional law continued to exert influence even after the communists gained power in China in 1949.


Paget disease of bone (sh)




or osteitis deformans

Chronic bone disease of middle age.

Named for James Paget, it is characterized by excessive bone destruction alternating with disordered bone construction (with dense, brittle bones and deformity that can compress internal structures). The long bones, vertebrae, pelvis, and skull are most often affected, more often in men. The risk of cancer, usually osteosarcoma, is high. Increased blood supply to the area of bone destruction may lead to heart or circulatory problems. Calcitonin (which regulates bone growth) and bisphosphonates (which block excessive bone breakdown) are drugs of treatment.