Report of surgical cases, occurring in hospital practice / by George M. Jones.

  • Jones, George Matthew, 1805-1861.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Report of surgical cases, occurring in hospital practice / by George M. Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Ot-r tr </ or less quantities, according to symptoms,-must-be taken every two or three hours, am I to attribute the ultimate success of this case. I shall merely remark, that the improvement was at first very slow, hut after six weeks became most rapid; and I had the satisfaction of discharging this patient from the Hospital on December 21, perfectly cured. lie now walks miles, with a boot, the heel of which is nearly four inches high, sometimes with a stick, more frequently without one, and expresses him- self as stouter and better than he had been for years. It was supposed by many of my friends that syphilis~\va.s the cause of the bone affection. This may be. I did not, in this instance, agree with them, and, therefore, no antispliilitic medicine was given. Last report of both cases, May 30th, 1857. — Sullivan still continues to walk miles with perfect freedom, nor does he experience an ache or pain in the thigh in which so severe an operation has been performed ; his pension suffices for his wants; without it, he is full able to gain his livelihood by many of the means which enable thousands to maintain them- selves and families. Le Breton follows his usual employment, goes up ladders, walks with extraordinary ease and quickness, and is now quite as efficient a workman as he ever was.