Observations on painful subcutaneous tubercle : with cases and histories of the disease / by William Wood.

  • Wood, William, 1783-1858.
Date:
[1828?]
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    of morbid local affections of nerves, published by Mr Joseph Swan, in 1820. The first of these is very minutely and accurately detailed by Dr Marshall Hall *. The tubercle was small, of the texture of cartilage, situate near the point of the fore-finger of the left hand of a man, to whom it had been the cause of severe and painful suffering for the long period of twenty-two years, from which he was completely relieved by the removal of the diseased part. The second case is an interesting one, of which a very distinct account is given by Mr John Wind- sor f. He found, on removing the tumour, which was of the size of a large pea, a filament of a nerve going to it, and penetrating into its substance. The tumour was in the fore-arm of a woman, and was of six or seven years standing: when laid open, it was found to contain “ a number of granules quite grit- ty or earthy to the feel.” A cure was effected by excision. The third case is accurately described by Mr Da- vid LaingJ. The tubercle was of the size of a horse bean, of two years’ standing ; it was encysted, and apparently of a cartilaginous nature ; it occurred in the leg of a female, and was removed by the knife. In the case published by Mr Swan ||, the tuber- • Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, vol. xi. p. 466. t Ibid. vol. xvii. p. 261. f Ibid. vol. xviii. p. 245. II Dissertation on the Treatment of Morbid Local Affections of Nerves, by Joseph Swan, 1820, p. 81.