A treatise on the diseases of the joints : being the observations for which the prize for 1806 was adjudged by the Royal College of Surgeons in London / by Samuel Cooper.

  • Cooper, Samuel, 1780-1848.
Date:
1811
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of the joints : being the observations for which the prize for 1806 was adjudged by the Royal College of Surgeons in London / by Samuel Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    qualities rendering them peculiarly pro- per for gliding with ease over one an- other in the motion of the joints, and for breaking the force of such shocks as the limbs have to sustain in jumping, run- ning, and other ordinary exercises of life. In order that the articular surfaces of the bones may move with still greater case upon each other, we find that their cartilaginous coverings are constantly lubricated with an albuminous secretion, termed the synovia. It was a valuable observation, made by the late P*lr. Hunter, and one upon which he laid much stress, that the char- acters of local diseases differed very materially, according to the situation, structure, and functions of the morbid part. When diseases are situated in parts which enjoy a vigorous circulation of blood through them, they assume a very different aspect from what they would do, were they in a situation, in which the circulation is naturally lan- guid, or in which there are only (com- paratively speaking) few vessels, and those of very small diameter. When the part affected is, what anatomists term, highly organized, and vascular, the disorder is generally more mild and