Notes on the morbid anatomy of chronic rheumatic arthritis of the shoulder and other joints. Remarks on interstitial absorption of the neck of the femur from bruise of the hip, similarity of the morbid appearances to those seen in the rheumatic disease of this joint / by Edwin Canton.

  • Canton, Edwin, 1817-1885.
Date:
1848
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Credit: Notes on the morbid anatomy of chronic rheumatic arthritis of the shoulder and other joints. Remarks on interstitial absorption of the neck of the femur from bruise of the hip, similarity of the morbid appearances to those seen in the rheumatic disease of this joint / by Edwin Canton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    attention to an affection which is not so universally recognised, as, from the frequency of its occurrence, and the peculiar character of its ravages, I believe it might be. Morbid appearances mistaken for the effects of acci- dent.—With regard to the shoulder, Mr. Adams, in writing to me on this point, remarks, “there is no joint has been the subject of more mistakes relative to this disease than the shoulder. Almost all the cases published have been supposed to be those of partial dislocation—the history of the case being, in ninety- nine out of a hundred, unknown.” In the Medical Gazette, Yol. xiv., a paper has been inserted, by Mr. Gregory Smith, entitled “ Pa- thological appearances in seven cases of injury of the Shoulder-joint.” The specimens were met with in the dissecting-room, and their history could not be ascer- tained. Capsular tendons.—In the first preparation, the tendons of the spinati, subscapularis, and lesser teres muscles, are described as having been completely detached or torn away from their connection to the tubercles. In the second case, the tendon of the sub- scapularis was partially torn from the lesser tubercle, but the insertion of the spinati and teres minor mus- cles remained perfect. The third example was similar to the first; and the fourth displayed two of these muscles tom from the tubercle; the inner surface of the capsule presented a very rough fibrous appearance.