A treatise on diseases of the bones / By Edward Stanley.

  • Edward Stanley
Date:
1849
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Credit: A treatise on diseases of the bones / By Edward Stanley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    middle and front of the thigh of the same side, and it was referred to the bone. The pain gradually increased ; and while at first it occurred in paroxysms lasting a few hours, it had lately become constant, and most severe. Compression of the thigh aggravated the pain, but not until it was sufficient to affect the deep parts of the limb. There was no increased heat, swelling, or other sign of in- flammatory action in the soft parts around the femur. The tongue was clean and the pulse tranquil. Mercury, opium, iodine, and quinine, were perseveringly employed until each had produced its full effect on the system. Every variety of local application was tried, but upon the pain in the thigh the best of the remedies had only a temporary effect. ‘The case was repeatedly seen by Mr. Stanley; it also received the benefit of Mr. Blizard’s and Mr. Law- rence’s attention. Throughout there was apprehension of organic disease, commencing either in the periosteum or bone, with a suspicion, however, that it might be a neu- ralgic affection without change of structure in one or other part. At length, after the endurance of severe suffering above three months it began to remit, and by degrees the remissions were for a longer period and more complete. In this way the case proceeded slowly towards a complete recovery. Nothing occurred to explain the cause of the pain in the femur, nor could the removal of it be ascribed to any of the various remedies employed.” Neuralgia of the Tibia. A female, aged twenty, of slender frame, stated that her left knee, she knew not why, swelled, became painful and contracted. Through the four following years, as a patient in several metro- politan hospitals, and in attendance on various dispen- saries, every variety of treatment had been repeatedly applied to the joint, and at one period it recovered sufficiently to enable her to walk without inconveni-
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