. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation . 31 It-l3 8> [:•B o0-4. 405 ankylosed in a child it does not grow,and the x-rays show osteoporosis. As an example of the softening ofbone due to non-use I remember someten years ago exploring an ununitedfracture of the femur due to callus was revealed in thex-ray plate and upon palpation. T hepatient had been in plaster for overnine months and had borne no weighton the limb. When I exposed the frac-ture the callus and the shaft of the boneitself were as soft as cheese and couldbe cut with the knife. The wound wasclosed
. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation . 31 It-l3 8> [:•B o0-4. 405 ankylosed in a child it does not grow,and the x-rays show osteoporosis. As an example of the softening ofbone due to non-use I remember someten years ago exploring an ununitedfracture of the femur due to callus was revealed in thex-ray plate and upon palpation. T hepatient had been in plaster for overnine months and had borne no weighton the limb. When I exposed the frac-ture the callus and the shaft of the boneitself were as soft as cheese and couldbe cut with the knife. The wound wasclosed. The patient was made to walkon crutches bearing weight on the limJfor three months, and during this timemassage was given. At the secondoperation the structure of the bone hadbeen restored to normal and a saw hadto be employed to cut it. DISEASES—BLOODGOOD Some twenty-five years ago I re-member assisting at a resection of aknee-joint upon diagnosis of tubercu-losis in an apparently healthy woman of65. The joint trouble had followed aninjury and as it did not impro
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