A treatise on orthopaedic surgery / by Royal Whitman.

  • Royal Whitman
Date:
1904
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Credit: A treatise on orthopaedic surgery / by Royal Whitman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Absence of vertebrae—Flat chest—-Pigeon chest—Funnel chest— Minor deformities—Absence of ribs—Defective formation of the pectoral muscles—Absence or defect of the clavicle—Acquired lux- ation or subluxation of the clavicle—Asymmetrical development— Tables of height, weight, and circumference of the chest—Func- tional pathogenesis of deformity—(Wolff’s law)—Atrophy of bone . CHAPTER YV. TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF THE BONES AND JOINTS. position—Statistics—distribution of disease—location—-side affected —sex—age. Pathology-—Varieties of disease—synovial—arbores- cent synovial form—lipoma arborescens—rice bodies—caries sicca— Progress and method of repair—Prognosis—Treatment—operative and mechanical—by drugs—local applications—X-ray—Active and passive congestion—venous stasis (Bier’s treatment) CHAPTER VI. NON—-TUBERCULOUS DISEASES OF THE JOINTS. fectious arthritis—Acute epiphysitis—acute osteomyelitis—Sub- acute osteomyelitis—Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis—Va- rieties—Treatment—Still’s disease —Hzemophilia— Hemarthrosis —Scorbutus—Charcot’s disease—Other forms of arthropathy—An- chylosis CHAPTER VII. : TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF THE HIP—JOINT. lengthening, apparent shortening. Causes of distortion—Atrophy— Causes of actual shortening—Measurements—Lovett’s table— Ksingsley’s table-——Explanation of physical signs—Differential diag- nosis—Principles of treatment—The traction hip brace—The Thomas brace—The plaster bandage—Various methods of reducing deformity—Comparison of methods of treatment—The long hip splint—Other forms of apparatus—Bilateral hip disease—Hip dis- ease in infancy—Hip disease in adult life—Abscess—statistics— treatment— Operative treatment— exploration— excision—reduc- tion of resistant deformitv— Prognosis, mortality, functional] results —Secondary deformities of hip disease—Treatment—F inal results . CHAPTER VIII. NON—-TUBERCULOUS AFFECTIONS OF THE HIP—JOINT. acute arthritis—Spontaneous dislocation—Gonorrhceal arthritis— Extra-articular disease—Malignant disease at the hip-joint—Cysts of the femur—Arthritis deformans PAGE 223 243 291 391
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