The spinal arthropathies (a clinical report of six cases of charcot's joints) with illustrations / by A. Sydney Roberts.

Date:
1885
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Credit: The spinal arthropathies (a clinical report of six cases of charcot's joints) with illustrations / by A. Sydney Roberts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    trophied mass of bone, doubling their normal circumference, associated with synovial distention of the capsule. Osteo- phytes readily movable within the capsule, and varying in size from a pigeon’s egg to that of a turkey. Fig. 4. lhe atrophy of the distal phalanx oi the right index finger is especially to be noted. It is the first instance of complete absorption of the diaphysis of bone that I have had an oppor- tunity of observing. Case V.—IV. H. McC., male, aet. 38, married. Admitted to the Orthopaedic Dispensary of the University Hospital in July, 1883.
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