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.

  • Cooper, Samuel, 1780-1848.
Date:
1807
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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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    disease. But, its not being morbidly af- fected so often, as the ankle, must be im- puted to situation. Both the ankle and wrist, however, are very frequently affect- ed with such serious maladies, as waste the vigour of the constitution, and even render amputation indispensable. In these cases, the disease oftentimes commences in the tarsus, and carpus, and subsequently involves the ankle and wrist in its ra- vages. The great quantity of cartilaginous and ligamentous structure, surrounding the bones of the tarsus and carpus, and the spongy texture of the bones themselves, are sufficient reasons, without enumerating others, to account for the frequency of disease in these situations. The morbid affections of the carpus are, in general, much more tractable, than those of the tarsus. The reason of this fact may very rationally be referred to principles, which have been already noticed. b 5