Description of the diseased joints in the Museum of the Army Medical Department at Chatham / by George Gulliver.

  • Gulliver, George, 1804-1882.
Date:
[1837]
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Credit: Description of the diseased joints in the Museum of the Army Medical Department at Chatham / by George Gulliver. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    / Mr Gulliver on Diseased Joints. 13 James Croker, 87th regiment, aged 2], had his leg ampu- tated on account of this disease, and afterwards did well. 48. Knee-joint, presenting ulceration of the cartilages ex- tending to the subjacent bone, the cancelli of which are exposed. On the posterior part of the condyles of the femur, and ante- riorly between them, a small extent of the cartilage is entire From John Murray, 47th Regiment, aged 44, an old Indian soldier, who attributed the disease to exposure to wet and cold on his homeward passage. The limb was amputated; but he fhad disease of the liver, and died of general dropsy two months after the operation. /5, 76, 7/, 78. Knee-joint, the surfaces of which arethrouo-h- out invested with coagulated lymph. The cartilages are en- tirely destroyed, except a small extent on the posterior part of tthe condyles of the femur. I he disease extends into the arti- culation between the tibia and head of the fibula. From R. 1 ransom, aged 21, of strumous habit. The disease was of about five months duration. Some time before death a succession of abscesses appeared about the joint, discharging a .hin curdy matter. On dissection, general tubercular disease was found in the lungs, in the omentum and mesentery, and on .he surface of the intestines. The femoral vein was thickened und diseased throughout, containing thick bloody matter mixed -nth puriform fluid. About three inches below the crural arch it .he vessel was much enlarged, and obstructed by a dense caseous ubstance, which extended nearly to the termination of the iliac ' vein. Ulceration on the aspect next the bone. 4. Hip-joint, exhibiting ulceration of the cartilage, destruc- . ion of the round ligament, and deposition of coagulated lymph rn the acetabulum. On the head of the femur, the ulcerative process has taken place extensively between the bone and the artilage, the latter retaining its smooth -synovial surface al- hough in great part separated from the former Thomas Sevens, 19th Lancers, died after a sojourn of nine teeks in hospital. He attributed the disease to having kicked us foot against an inequality in the ground. 56. Pelvis with the coxo-femoral articulations, exhibiting ni- tration ot their cartilages, destruction of the round ligaments wt of ,'JrCgU ar “iP0Slt ?f C0asuii*ted lympli on the inner stn- pamc^frornd rmbranC-- T,he cartil>ge is in many places parated from the bone, particularly from the right femur nuous hvcreatT|l’arb°fi‘lr cartila§c is detoched in one con- u.ous layer. 1 he thigh bones arc much wasted. iscaTf' ^' r <!0Wa; agcd 7’ who llad offered from the iscasc tor eighteen months. <32. Hip-joint, presenting ulceration of the entire surface of