. A manual of electro-static modes of application, therapeutics, radiography, and radiotherapy . Fig. 38. phy, pigmentation, absorption, and destruction of the soft partsin which it resembles to some extent the similar conditions oflocomotor ataxia, progressive muscular atrophy, and allieddiseases. In the writers cases, which number more than fifty,there has in most cases been present some exhausting conditionor chronic affection such as Brights disease, but most com-monly some of the affections associated with menstrual de- THERAPEUTICS OF INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS. 87 rangements. This makes pr
. A manual of electro-static modes of application, therapeutics, radiography, and radiotherapy . Fig. 38. phy, pigmentation, absorption, and destruction of the soft partsin which it resembles to some extent the similar conditions oflocomotor ataxia, progressive muscular atrophy, and allieddiseases. In the writers cases, which number more than fifty,there has in most cases been present some exhausting conditionor chronic affection such as Brights disease, but most com-monly some of the affections associated with menstrual de- THERAPEUTICS OF INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS. 87 rangements. This makes probable the theory that the trophicconditions which seem to cause the disease arise from mal-nutrition. The prognosis is relative to the length of time that thedisease has been present, to the nature of the complicating. Fig. 39- conditions, to the extent of the affection, and to the faithful-ness with which the patient follows the proper treatment. Whenever the inter-articular cartilages are intact, as indi-cated by the light line between the phalanges, experienceteaches that the other joint structures are also unaffected, andrecovery of the affected joint will be complete; while in jointswhere that cartilage is more or less involved the joint can neverbe normal, but will remain entirely or partially stiff after theactive processes are checked. Radiography has also demon-strated the absence, in every case examined, of so-called chalky 88 STATIC ELECTRICITY. accumulations, and has diagnosed classes of cases distinct inevery way from rheumatoid arthritis. The treatment is essentially the same as the treatment ofrheumatism and other inflammatory conditions. The consti-tutional treatment is of the utmost importance and never to be
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