Observations on the disease of the hip joint : to which are added, some remarks on white swelling of the knee, the caries of the joint of the wrist and other similar complaints : the whole illustrated by cases, and engravings taken fron the diseased parts / by the late Edward Ford.

  • Ford, Edward, 1746-1809.
Date:
1810
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Credit: Observations on the disease of the hip joint : to which are added, some remarks on white swelling of the knee, the caries of the joint of the wrist and other similar complaints : the whole illustrated by cases, and engravings taken fron the diseased parts / by the late Edward Ford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the limb, and even an nnchylofis in the joint, without any external fuppuration.* At times too, it happens, that a fuppura- tion is formed, that the abcefs burfts, and a fliortening of the limb takes place, when yet no fever enfues, nor any very dangerous fymptoms fupervene.-f- These very fortunate circumftances are however, rare, compared with the great frequency of cafes, in which numerous evils ufually refult from the caries of the joint, and its external fuppuratlon. In the inveftigation of this, and every other difeafe of equally dangerous confequences, It is advantageous, and indeed requisite, to acquire the trueft, and moft accurate poffible notions, of the injurious alteration iu the internal parts, which conftitutes the caufe of external morbid appearance. The pathology of this difeafe, is certainly moft wanting in its • Neither is an arichylofis a necefPary confeqaence of the fliortening of the limb, i have now under my care a boy about ten years of age, who has undergone the difeaie with repeated fuppuratlon, and the limb is half an inch shorter than the other, although he has the perfect ufe of thejolnt of the hip, E. t See cafes XIII. XIV.