大骨节病又称柳拐子病,最初发现者是俄国人郁伦斯基。他在1849年旅行到西伯利亚特软伯卡地方的乌洛(urow)河流域,发现了很多身材矮小的侏儒,于是向政府作了报告。1854年政府派遣军医卡辛氏去调查,于1861年作成报告。其后经别克氏详细研究,认为是一种独立的疾病,于1906年公布于世。为了纪念卡辛、 Kashin-Beck disease, also known as civet kidneys, was originally discovered by the Russian Juleski. In 1849 he traveled to the urow river basin in the soft-Burqa district of Siberian, where he found many short dwarfs and reported to the government. In 1854, the government dispatched a military doctor to investigate and made a report in 1861. After a detailed study by Buick, that is an independent disease, published in 1906 in the world. To commemorate Cassin,