Infections of the hand : a guide to the surgical treatment of acute and chronic suppurative processes in the fingers, hand and forearm / by Allen B. Kanavel ... illustrated with 133 engravings.

  • Kanavel, Allen B. (Allen Buckner), 1874-1938.
Date:
1912
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Credit: Infections of the hand : a guide to the surgical treatment of acute and chronic suppurative processes in the fingers, hand and forearm / by Allen B. Kanavel ... illustrated with 133 engravings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION—GENERAL DISCUSSION—TYPES OF INFECTIONS History 17 Scope and Classification of Types of Infection 20 PART I SIMPLE LOCALIZED INFECTIONS AND ALLIED MINOR CLINICAL ENTITIES CHAPTER II INFECTIONS OF THE DISTAL PHALANGES Felons 25 Treatment 29 Paronychia 31 Treatment 33 Subepithelial Abscesses 37 CHAPTER III CARBUNCULAR INFECTIONS Anatomical Considerations and Pathogenesis 38 Treatment 41 Differential Diagnosis 45 Oidiomycosis 45 Chronic Staphylococcus Processes 48 CHAPTER IV MISCELLANEOUS ABSCESSES Collar-button Abscess (Shirt-stud Abscess) (Frog Felon) .... 52 Treatment 54 Localized Abscesses in the Thenar and Hypothenar Spaces .... 55