On contractions of the fingers (Dupuytren's and congenital contractions) and on "hammer-toe" / by William Adams.

  • Adams, William, 1820-1900.
Date:
1892
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Credit: On contractions of the fingers (Dupuytren's and congenital contractions) and on "hammer-toe" / by William Adams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    At this part a branch of the jugular vein was in close proximity to the cicatrix, which in its size, and general appearance, very much resembled that represented in Fig. 30, but its apex was not so deeply depressed, nor were the adhesions quite so close and wide-spread, differences readily explained by its origin in glandular abscess. This patient was most anxious to submit Fio. 29. Fig. 29.—Complete Obliteration of Depressed Cicatrix in Neck, in Case 2, ten years after the operation. to any operation likely to be successful in the removal of such an unsightly depression, but the late Sir William Fergusson, as well as several other surgeons who had been consulted, advised that no such attempt should be made. I undertook the case, however, in full confidence of success, and the operation was per- formed on April 27th, 1866, in the same manner as described in the previous case; the only difficulty