Description of an affection of the tibia induced by fever : with observations on the treatment of this complaint / by Thomas Whately.

  • Whately, Thomas, -1821.
Date:
1810
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Credit: Description of an affection of the tibia induced by fever : with observations on the treatment of this complaint / by Thomas Whately. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    moved about, with the end of the probe, so readily, as to leave no doubt of its easy extrac- tion, by the introduction of a pair of fine for- ceps. Under such circumstances, the operation should be instantly performed; and if the whole be removed, the wound will generally heal up in the course of a few weeks; the application of any common dressing, aided by bandage, will be sufficient for the purpose. The utility, therefore, of first examining with great nicety, by the probe, in order to avoid, if possible, the use of more violent remedies, must be evident. In more difficult cases, the exfoliated piece may, likewise, be readily moved in the cavity of the bone, by the end of the probe; yet the hand of the operator will be sensible that it is confined, by the sides of the surrounding Tibia. In some cases of this kind, the opening in the Tibia may be large enough to admit of our taking hold of the exfoliation, by a pair of com- mon forceps; but in others, it is so small, that a pair of the finest forceps, that can be made, cannot be made to enter, so as to embrace the bone. When possible, we should endeavour to extract the exfoliated bone by the forceps; and in these attempts I have readily succeeded, when the exfoliation was not longer, than the aperture in the Tibia. But where it proved to be ol