Circumscribed abscess of bone : a paper read before the Harveian Medical Society at the first meeting of the session 1867-68 / by T. Carr Jackson.

  • Jackson, T. Carr (Thomas Carr), 1823-1878.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Circumscribed abscess of bone : a paper read before the Harveian Medical Society at the first meeting of the session 1867-68 / by T. Carr Jackson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Brodie and other Surgeons; and, thanks to him, such a mistake as he made, and honestly recorded, would now be inexcusable. I purpose, therefore, claiming attention to the nar- rative of three Cases bearing upon this subject. In the first Case, notwithstanding the typical character of the objective and subjective symptoms being, ac- cording to Brodie’s description, complete, no Abscess or pus could be found. In the second, some of the more objective symptoms were absent; yet an Abscess existed. In the third was exhibited a more rare form of disease, affecting the shaft of the bone, where, though some of the symptoms usually relied upon as conclusive were wanting, the Abscess was present nevertheless. Lastly, I shall offer you some general observations on the pathology, diagnosis, and treat ment of this disease. (i.) M H , an unmarried female, aged 17, was brought to me for consultation, by Mr. Harris, of Gower Street, Sept. 10, i860. She had always enjoyed good health as a child ; and had begun to menstruate about fourteen months previously, which function had since occurred regularly without Inter- mission. Eight years previously her Illness began with an attack of -pain in the lower part of the tibia, which was regarded as due to rheumatism, or growing pains ; but Increasing in severity, she was brought to London, and under the advice of an eminent Surgeon the part was blistered for twenty consecutive weeks. Her suffering was somewhat relieved while the blistered surface re-