Excerpt from Observations on the Disease of the Hip Joint As far as my experience goes, the ill fuccefs attending the treat ment Of thefe cafes, has been more Owing to a want Of difiinguifhing properly the nature Of the com plaint In its early period, or to the neglect and indifference Of the pa tients themfelves, than to the in curable nature Of the malady, or to a defeet Of power in the healing, art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Some Observations on Hip-Joint Disease and Its Rational Treatment The key of the problem having been found, it is not at all difficult to comprehend its nature, as in all diseases of the joints, we have to contend with a train of symptoms entirely depending upon that mysterious function Of the Spinal cord which we comprehend under the head Of reflex action, and which, in spite of numerous experiments, vivisections, and scientific efforts, is still a deus ea: machina. That epilepsy, catalepsy, eclampsy, St. Vitus's dance, tetanus, trismus, spasms, and scores of other pathological phenomena, are the visible effects of reflex action, is no longer doubtful; besides, we know a vast number of circumstances under which reflex action occurs, and stimuli that produce them; but still our knowledge, as to the histology and the function of the spinal cord, and its ganglionic appendices, is far from perfect and infallible. We may, however, try to point out some analo gies in physiology and pathology, the comparison of which may lead to some conclusions important both to science and practice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from On the Disease of the Hip-Joint The disease which forms the subject of the present work has engaged my attention for some years past. In 1831, two lectures on the subject, which I had delivered at the General Dispensary, were published in the Medical Gazette; and, since that period, I have had various opportunities of watching the disease in all its stages and forms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Practical Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Tuberculosis of the Hip-Joint Exposure to cold, intense or protracted, is usually enumerated as another exciting cause of the malady, and generally with a better Show Of reason. That it may, ln such an event, conduce to this result, especially in a child of feeble constitution, ill-fed, and with an impoverished state of the blood, hardly admits Of doubt. It is well known that cold is one Of the most common and powerful causes Of pulmonary consumption and of strumous disease Of the neck. Living in damp, under-ground, and ill-ventilated apartments Operates in the same manner. Simple suppression of the cutaneous perspiration, suddenly induced, as when a person is exposed to a heavy current of air, might, it may be presumed, easily occasion the affection in one predisposed to its occurrence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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