A practical treatise on surgical diagnosis : designed as a manual for practitioners and students / by Ambrose L. Ranney.

  • Ambrose Loomis Ranney
Date:
1880
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Credit: A practical treatise on surgical diagnosis : designed as a manual for practitioners and students / by Ambrose L. Ranney. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    MOKBUS COXAEIUS. DISEASE OP THE CEEST OF ILIUM. Length of Limb. The length of tlie affected limb is The length of the limb on the abnormal, as a rule. side affected corresponds with its fellow. MoTioif OF Limb. The motion of the affected limb The motion of the limb is normal is either impaired or lost. on the side affected. Abscess. The abscess resulting from the The abscess resu] ting from disease diseased joint opens, as a rule, le- of the ilium points and evacuates low the level of the upper border of itself above the level of the hip the trochanter of the femur. joint. Peobe. A probe when introduced usually A probe when introduced finds detects carious bone at the hip, the seat of carious or necrotic after suppuration has occurred and changes to be above the articula- the abscess has discharged. tion. Shape of the Hip. The shape of the hip is abnormal; The hip is normal in appearance ; and the nates are dissimilar. and the nates on each side corre- spond. SYMPTOMS IN COMMON. Both are associated with marked pam. (( u a the formation of abscess. (( (( (( sinuses, in later stages. « u (( low vitality and emaciation. may occur in the young.