Injuries and diseases of the knee-joint : and their treatment by amputation and excision contrasted / by William Paul Swain.

Date:: 1869

Credit: Injuries and diseases of the knee-joint : and their treatment by amputation and excision contrasted / by William Paul Swain. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$when he was attacked with tubercular meningitis, and died on the 17th. The union of the knee was very firm; the soft parts were much ulcerated. The following list of cases, from 70 to 82 inclusive, were kindly sent me by Mr. Delagarde, having been under treat- ment in the Exeter Hospital from 1865 to 1868. 1865. Case 70.—February 4th. John P— jet. 13. Strumous. No union at eighty-six days. x\mputation. Recovery. Case 71.—February 16th. George W— set. 16. Stru- mous. Good union. Recovery. Case 72.—February 22nd. James W—, set. 12. Stru- mous disease and contraction. Good union in fifty days. Case 73.—February 27th. Joseph H— set. 16. Stru- mous. Good union. Recovery. Case 74.-May 25th. Elizabeth T-, ^t. 33. Strumous. Good union. Recoverv. 1866. Case 75.-June 10th. William F- ^t. 45. Strumous. Good union. Recovery. Case 76.-July 16th. William ^t. 18. Strumous. Good union. Recovery. Case 77.—September 29th. Maria P—, set. 46. Chronic synovitis. No union. Died of phthisis February 18th 1867. ^ ' Case 78.—November 3rd. Richard W—, set. 7. Stru- mous. No union after three weeks. Amputation. Re covery. 14$