Practical observations on the disease of the joints : commonly called white swelling : with some remarks on scrofulous abscesses.

  • Crowther, Bryan, 1765-1840.
Date:
1797
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Credit: Practical observations on the disease of the joints : commonly called white swelling : with some remarks on scrofulous abscesses. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dilating the mold dependent to an ex- tent of not more than half an inch, I fhould be able to afford a complete difcharge to the matter ; this was ac- cordingly done, and on feeing the pa- tient the day following, I found him very feverifh; he complained of violent pain over the whole knee, and within the joint, which was prodigioufly en- larged by the fuppuration which had fupervened. The irritation and the great difcharge, only for a few days, had fo reduced him, that amputation was propofed, as the only means of laving his life, to which he would not fubruit, and within three weeks died, hedtic. It would feem that the opening alone occafioned thefe evils, by induc- ing irritation on parts in a ftate of 4 difeafe,