On diseases of the hip-joint. With observations on affections of the joints in the puerperal state / [William Coulson].

  • Coulson, William, 1802-1877.
Date:
1841
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On diseases of the hip-joint. With observations on affections of the joints in the puerperal state / [William Coulson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rence of the rH1rp sTaGE, and the patient begins to entertain hopes of a speedy recovery. If, however, the disease be not arrested at the second stage, a new and most formidable set of symptoms supervene. The elongated limb be- comes gradually, or as is often the case suddenly, shorter; so that on examination it is found one, two, or more inches shorter than the sound limb ; and the patient cannot, in the erect position of the body, place the foot of the affected limb on the eround, but only touches it with the toes.