A Treatise on diseases of the jointsMacmillan, 1881 - 690 pages |
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abscess acetabulum acid acute anchylosis ankle appears articular articular lamella articulation attack bandage become body bone bursa carbolic carbolic acid caries cartilage cause cavity cells CHAP Charing Cross Hospital chiefly child chronic commencement condition condyle considerable described disease effusion elbow elbow-joint enlargement epiphysal especially examination excision femur fibres fibrous finger flexion fluid frequently granulations hip-disease humerus inch incision increase inflammation inflammatory inner joint affection joint-disease knee knee-joint lacunæ less ligament ligamentum patellæ limb malady marked movement muscles nearly normal occasionally occur opening operation osseous ostitis outer patella patient peculiar pelvis peri-articular periosteum posture pressure produced pyæmia pyrexia quinine result rheumatic severe sheathe side skin slight soft sometimes splint spot starting pains structure suppuration surface surgeon swelling swollen symptoms synovial membrane temperature tenderness tendons thickening thigh tibia tion tissue treatment trochanter tumefaction tumour ulceration upper usually vessels wound wrist
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Page 270 - ... described being found in these situations, they may be inferred to be the product of disease in these structures : the cellules of these fringes in the place of elaborating synovia from the blood, producing, under the influence of morbid action, other products — such as cartilage, which becomes converted into imperfectlyformed bone.
Page 666 - The flap is to be turned back, and the sheaths of the flexor digitorum and posterior tibial tendons exposed, the knife being kept close to the bone, avoiding the artery and nerve. The internal lateral ligament is then to be severed carefully close to the bone; and now the foot is twisted outwards, and the astragalus and tibia will present at the inner wound. A narrow-bladed saw, put in between the tendons into the inner wound, projects through the outer. The lower end of the tibia, then the top of...