Remarks on the pathology of mollities ossium. With cases / [Samuel Solly].

  • Samuel Solly
Date:
1844
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Credit: Remarks on the pathology of mollities ossium. With cases / [Samuel Solly]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and ulna are not apparently altered, but the meta¬ carpal bones and phalanges are quite soft. The whole hand is rather swollen and puffy, and its natural appearance changed. The thorax is much narrower. On the left side there is a depression about the circumference of an orange, the centre of which is occupied by the fifth rib—about an inch and a half from its junction with its cartilage; in this depression the action of the heart can be distinctly seen and felt. Its sounds are natural. I think that the spine is rather more curved than when I saw it in October. I do not perceive any particular alteration in the lower ex¬ tremities ; though it is most probable that the right thigh bone has become more flexible, as, pre¬ vious to her removal to the hospital, the foot was drawn completely over the head—the same posi¬ tion as represented in the case of Madame Supiot. She complains of the heat, and likes to have very little clothing, as much produces a sense of suffoca¬ tion ; she perspires very freely. I inquired of the sister whether she ever shows any particular desire for salt, as has occurred in similar cases ; but I learn that she does not. April 15th.—On her admission she was allowed wine and arrow-root, a mutton chop, and a pint of porter daily, and was also ordered the infusion of orange-peel, a rhubarb pill when necessary, and an opiate at night, if required. 20th.—On this day she died suddenly, without any circumstance having occurred during-her stay