Syllabus of the course of lectures on the principles and practice of surgery : delivered in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia / by Thomas D. Mütter.

  • Thomas Dent Mutter
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1855
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    V. INFLAMMATION OF LIGAMENTS. Causes. Symptoms. Diagn Prognosis. Treatment. VI. FLESHY TUMOURS OF THE SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis, ■losis. Treatment. VII. CARTILAGES IN THE JOINTS. ]>< Hnition and history, Joints most liable.—The ginglynioidal, especially the knee, elbow and jaw. Condition in lite joint.—Loose or attached. Size.— Yuri. 9. Consist* tice,—Varies. Structure.—Scarcely organized. Number.—Varies. Mode of formation.—-Different explanations. Those of Pare, Monro, Erlangen, Hunter, Cooper, and Brodie, referred to. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Prognosis. Treatment.—Two general methods. * 1. Compression. 2. Extraction. Relative value of the two. Dangers of extraction referred to, and the dif- ferent operations, especially that of Goyraud and Syme, explained. VIII. WHITE SWELLING, OR FUNGUS ARTICULI. Definition. Confusion in relation to the precise meaning of the term. Brodie''s classification.—According to Sir Benj. Brodie, all the cases of white swelling may be referred to one of four different lesions. 1. Simple inflammation of the synovial membrane. 2. Gelatinous degeneration of the synovial membrane. 3. Ulceration of the cartilages. 4. Ulceration of the bone. Ages most liable. Joints most liable. Causes.—Constitutional and local. Symptoms.—Vary with the form of lesion. Three groups may be made. Diagnosis.—Highly important to distinguish one from the other. Prognosis.—Varies, but generally it is unfavorable. Terminations.—Resolution, anchylosis, suppuration, alteration of all the tissues of the joint, necrosis, the loss of the joint or limb, or the life of the patient.