A clinical text-book of surgical diagnosis and treatment : for practitioners and students of surgery and medicine / By J. W. Macdonald.

  • Macdonald, John William, 1844-
Date:
1898 [©1897]
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Credit: A clinical text-book of surgical diagnosis and treatment : for practitioners and students of surgery and medicine / By J. W. Macdonald. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE General Examination of Patients 17 Introduction, 17.—Information obtained from the Patient or his Friends, i8.— Influence of Age, Sex, Heredity, Habits, etc., 18.—History of Present Disease or Injury, 19.—General Examination of the Patient, 19.—General Appearance, Posi- tion, Surface Markings and Changes of Contour, Condition of the Sicin, etc., 20.— Temperature, Local and General, 21. CHAPTER II. Examination of the Vascular System 22 I. The Heart and Pericardium, 22.—Overdistention of the Ventricles, 22.— Effusion into the Pericardium, 23.—Injuries of the Heart, 24.—Wounds of the Heart, 24. II. Examination of the Veins, 24.—Wounds of Veins, 24.—Thrombosis, 25.—Varix, 25.—Nevus, 27. III. Examination of the Arteries, 27.—Wounds, 27.—Rupture, 28.—Acute Arteritis, 29.—Chronic Arteritis, 29. IV. Aneurysm, 32.—Symptoms Common to Aneurysm in General, 32.—Treat- ment of Aneurysm, 34. V. Special Aneurysms, 35.—Aneurysm of the Arch of the Aorta, 35.—Aneu- rysm of the Ascending Portion of the Arch, 36.—Aneurysm of the Transverse Por- tion of the Arch, 37.—Aneurysm of the Descending Portion of the Arch, 38.— Innominate Aneurysm, 39.—Treatment of Aortic Aneurysm, 39.—Aneurysm of the Carotid, 41.—Vertebral Aneurysm, 41.—Orbital or Ophthalmic Aneurysm, 4I.— Subclavian Aneurysm, 42.—Axillary Aneurysm, 42.—Aneurysm of the Abdominal Aorta, 43.—Aneurysm of the Branches of the Abdominal Aorta, 44.—Iliac Aneu- rysm, 44.—Femoral Aneurysm, 46.—Popliteal Aneurysm, 46.—Traumatic Aneu- rysm, 47.—Varicose Aneurysm, 48. CHAPTER III. Injuries and Diseases of the Osseous System 49 I. Fractures, 49.—How to Deal with Accidents and Emergencies, 49.—Class- ification of Fractures, 50.—Diagnosis of Fractures in General, 52.—Complications of Fracture, 55.—Diagnosis and Treatment of Special Fractures, 58.—The Nasal Bones, 58.—The Malar Bone, 59.—The Upper Jaw, 59.—The Lower Jaw, 60.— The Clavicle, 60.—The Hyoid Bone, 62.—The Sternum. 63.—The Ribs, 63.— The Scapula, 64.—The Humerus, 65.—The I'lna, 71.—Fracture of the Radius and Ulna together, 72.—Fracture of the Radius alone, 73.—The Metacarpal Bones, 75.—The Phalanges, 75.—The Pelvis, 75.—The Femur, 77.—The Patella, 82.— The Tibia, 84.—The Fibula, 86.—The External Malleolus, 87.—The Astragalus, 87.—Compound Fractures, 88.—Amputation after Injury, 88. II. Diseases of Bone, 89.—Inflammation, 89.—Osteoperiostitis, 90.—Osteo- myelitis, 91.—Sejitic Inflammation of Bone, 91.—Necrosis, 92.—Chronic Inflam- mation of Bone, 93.—Tubercular Ostitis, 94.—Syphilitic Diseases of Bone, 95.— Fragilitas Ossium, 96.—Rachitis, 96.—Osteomalacia, 97.—Actinomycosis, 97.— Tumors of Bone, 98.—Malignant Tumors of Bone, loi.—Acromegaly, 105.