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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    same. In both there is stiffness; limitation of motion in certain directions; dull, wearying pain in the joint, and extending down the thigh; aggravated at night and after exercise; increased in damp and frosty wea- ther, and augmented by inclining the limb in particu- lar ways. There is shortening of the latter; some wasting of the muscles around the hip; inability to sup- port the weight of the body long on the affected side without inducing dull pain in the articulation; absence of redness, and undue heat of the part, &c. APPENDIX. Since the publication of the foregoing account, I have met with another instance of this affection of the hip arising from injury, detailed in the case-book of Mr. Howship. It is one, which (like that last de- scribed), has not, hitherto, appeared in print, and pre- sents certain peculiarities, some of which are illustra- tive of the preceding observations, whilst others tend to throw additional light on this interesting subject. Case III.—August 22rd, 1831.—Joyce Powell, aged 70 years, last June twelvemonth, was first seized with flooding, which afterwards returned with fury and frequency, accompanied by urgent bearing down and