Practical points in the treatment of hip disease / by A.B. Judson.

  • Judson, Adoniram Brown, 1837-1916.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Practical points in the treatment of hip disease / by A.B. Judson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Reprinted from the MEDICALy^S^^October 28, 1893 HIP DISEASE.' By a. B. JUDSON, M.D., ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON TO THE OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT OF THE NEW YORK HOSPITAL. Hip disease may be called g. semi-malignant affection be- cause of its duration and its destructive quality. But it is almost never fatal. In every large community there are many healthy and active adults who are scarred and deformed by hip disease, without ever having had ade- quate treatment. In all stages of the disease it may be predicted, excepting in patients who are exceptionally unfortunate in their surroundings, that the time will come when the forces of nature will rally and repair take the place of disintegration. In approaching the subject of treatment it is necessary to bear in mind that the destructiveness and inveteracy of this disease are largely the result of mechanical envi- ronment. Its full counterpart in the upper extremity is not found, evidently because in the upper extremity the focus ignited in the cancellous tissue is, as a rule, resolved at an early stage by reason of the exemption of the upper extremities from the labors and hardships attending loco- motion. We cannot do better, therefore, than to nullify pernicious mechanical environment. By so doing we directly banish trauma from the part affected, and indi- rectly fortify the general health, and in both ways invite the advent of a “ natural cure.” * Presented at the Pan-American Medical Congress, held at Wash- ington, September, 1893.