The surgical treatment of the diseases of infancy and childhood / by T. Holmes.
- Timothy Holmes
- Date:
- 1868
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The surgical treatment of the diseases of infancy and childhood / by T. Holmes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
434/700
![He was perfectly well, and walked quite naturally, except that the foot was thought to turn-over a little to the outer side. The lower end of the bone had grown upwards more than an inch, and terminated in a sharp-pointed end; besides which there was a large process going towards (perhaps to) the tibia; and the upper end of the bone seemed to have grown a little in the downward direction. The two pieces were united by a tough, hard cicatrix; in which some of those who saw the case believed that bone was to be felt. But I passed a pin deeply into this tissue without feeling any distinct bony resistance. Figs. 61 and 62 show the bone removed, together with the portion of the old shaft, which had perished, and was invaginated within it. [Fig. CI. A view of a portion of the shaft of the fibula, repre- sented of the actual size, re- moved from a child 2J years of age (Herbert Price), on account of chronic inflamma- tion, following on acute ne- crosis of the whole thickness of the shaft of the fibula. The traces of a previous operation, by which an attempt had been made to stop the progress of the disease some months be- fore, are seen on the outer surface of the bone.] M [Fig. G2. Another view of the bone removed in the case of Herbert Price seen from the inner or tibial side, showing the cloaca in which the necrosed shaft of the fibula was embedded, and the sequestrum, which con- sisted of the remains of the whole shaft of the fibula for about two inches.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20416325_0434.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
