On the healing of wounds in articular cartilages, and on the removal of these structures after amputations at the joints : with remarks on the relation which exists between the diseases of cartilage and ulceration and inflalmmation in other textures / by P. Redfern.

  • Redfern, Peter, 1821-1912
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[1851]
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Credit: On the healing of wounds in articular cartilages, and on the removal of these structures after amputations at the joints : with remarks on the relation which exists between the diseases of cartilage and ulceration and inflalmmation in other textures / by P. Redfern. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    0/i the Healing of Wounds in Articular Cartilages, and on the lie- moral of these Structures after Amputations at the Joints, witfA Remarks on the Relation which exists between the Diseases of Cartilage and Ulceration and Inflammation in other Textures. By P. Redfern, M.D., F.R.C.S.L., Lecturer on Anatomy and Phy¬ siology, and on Histology, at the University and King’s College, Aberdeen. [FROM THE MONTHLY JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, FOR SEPTEMBER 1851.] {Read before the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Aberdeen, July 3, 1851.) Haying previously shown 1 by the result of about ninety observa¬ tions made on the cartilages of the lower animals, that all changes which can be induced in them by experiments are precisely similar in their essential characters to those which are observed in the human body, I can with increased confidence refer to other actions observed to take place in the structures of the former, with a view to elucidate such as we have very rare opportunities of examining in the instance of the latter. I shall especially refer—1st, To the heal¬ ing of wounds in articular cartilages, and show that this undoubtedly takes place, and that cut surfaces kept in apposition become firmly adherent by the formation of fibrous tissue out of the substance of the adjacent healthy cartilage, the union being so perfect that, after a short time, it is quite impossible to detect the injured spot with the unassisted eye ; and, 2dly, To the process by means of which the removal of articular cartilages is effected after amputations at the joints, pointing out that the changes which cause this are such as are frequently observed in the cartilages of man and animals under other circumstances, and that the cartilage itself becomes converted into a layer of fibrous tissue, which constitutes a permanent cover¬ ing for the end of the bone. I shall also endeavour to point out 1 Anormal Nutrition in Articular Cartilages, witli Experimental Researches, &c. Edinburgh, 1850.