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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    not often be occafioned by the patient himfelf, from negle6ling to apply, in the firft inftance for proper affiftance? Or, is there a want of difcrimination in this dif- eafe, at its moft important period? Whatever the caufe or caufes may be, it is proper that they fhould be known. As far as my experience goes, the ill fuccefs attending the treat- ment of thefe cafes, has been more owing to a want of diftinguifhing properly the nature of the com- plaint in it's early period, or to the neglect and indifference of the pa- tients therafelves, than to the in- curable nature of the malady, or to a defe6l of power in the healing art.