An essay on the influence of temperament in modifying dyspepsia, or indigeston / by Thomas Mayo.

  • Thomas Mayo
Date:
1831
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Credit: An essay on the influence of temperament in modifying dyspepsia, or indigeston / by Thomas Mayo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with the pathology of the osseous tissue, who examined the bones of carious joints after ma- ceration, might be apt to suppose that the dis- eased part could not be removed without sa- crificing so large a portion of the whole, as to render it useless and unworthy of preserva- tion. Plate I. Fig. ], will illustrate this. The bones represented here are those of an elbow- joint, which I amputated before adopting the plan of treatment now under consideration. It will be observed that they are much increased in thickness to a considerable distance from the articulation, and that their surface in the whole of this extent is covered with irregular warty excrescences, which give it a rough tubercular appearance. When these tubercles are exa- mined more particularly, they are found to consist of a compact osseous substance, which is smooth on the surface, and perforated with numerous apertures for the transmission of blood-vessels. This is new bone, and per- fectly healthy in its actions; it resembles in all respects the callus, or new osseous sub- stance, which effects the reparation of frac- tures, and is thrown out in consequence of the irritation of the disease. The truly morbid or
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