A treatise on the diseases of the joints being the observations for which the prize for 1806 was adjudged by the Royal College of Surgeons in London / [Samuel Cooper].

  • Cooper, Samuel, 1780-1848
Date:
1807
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the diseases of the joints being the observations for which the prize for 1806 was adjudged by the Royal College of Surgeons in London / [Samuel Cooper]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    damp. These circumstances, which, un- doubtedly, are very frequently the pri- mary exciting causes of the very worst diseases of the joints, must afiect the knee with peculiar force, on account of its ex- posed situation, and the vicinity of its ca- vity to the surface of the body. Hence, it seems a matter of no surprise, that the hip- joint should be much less frequently dis- eased, than the latter articulation. No large joint in the human body is so little strengthened, and supported, by the conformation of the bones, as the knee; no other important joint derives its strength so entirely from ligaments, as this does. ‘The ankle receives lateral support from the two malleoli. Inthe hip, the head of the os femoris is almost enclosed in a complete bony socket. In the elbow, the deep sigmoid cavity of the ulna, form- ed between the coronoid and olecranon processes, affords a very stable lodgment to the internal portion of the articular surface of the os brachii, so that the latter