A syllabus of surgical lectures on the nature and treatment of fractures, diseases of the joints, and deformities of the limbs and spine. Containing descriptions of the modes of applying twelve new apparatuses, illustrated by twelve plates ... / [Joseph Amesbury].

  • Amesbury, Joseph, 1795-1864
Date:
1827
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A syllabus of surgical lectures on the nature and treatment of fractures, diseases of the joints, and deformities of the limbs and spine. Containing descriptions of the modes of applying twelve new apparatuses, illustrated by twelve plates ... / [Joseph Amesbury]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LUMBAR ABSCESS. Commonly a secondary disease. Early symptoms. Constitutional disturbance which attends this disease. Prognosis. Sometimes destroys the patient. Appearances of the diseased parts after death. Treatment of lumbar abscess. Cause of the aggravation of the consti¬ tutional disturbance which takes place after the bursting of a lumbar abscess. Nature of the fever. Constitutional affection varies according to the state of the abscess. Causes of inflammation in the cyst. Cause of the large size to which the lumbar abscesses sometimes attain. They commonly arise from diseased bone. Local treatment.