A treatise on orthopedic surgery . certain amount of com-pression upon the wrist, which seems to be of benefit, and incertain instances this compression and fixation may be stillfurther increased by the application of adhesive plaster. Bierstreatment by passive congestion may be applied, and accordingto reports it is especially efiicacious in this situation. When thedisease of the joint is quiescent, or in the stage of recovery, thebandage or splint may be shortened to permit the use of thefingers. —The prognosis as regards function in cases treatedpromptly in childhood should be go
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . certain amount of com-pression upon the wrist, which seems to be of benefit, and incertain instances this compression and fixation may be stillfurther increased by the application of adhesive plaster. Bierstreatment by passive congestion may be applied, and accordingto reports it is especially efiicacious in this situation. When thedisease of the joint is quiescent, or in the stage of recovery, thebandage or splint may be shortened to permit the use of thefingers. —The prognosis as regards function in cases treatedpromptly in childhood should be good. In the adult cases wrist-joint disease seems to be very often accompanied by disease of DISEASES OF AETICULATIONS OF VFFEFi EXTREMITYA^l the kiDgs; thus the progiiosis as to life is bad. In this class ofcases early excision is usually recommeixled, with amputationas a final resort. SPINA VENTOSA. Central disease of the long bones of the foot and hand is themost common form of diaphyseal tuberculosis. While the cor- FiG. Tuberculous disease of the right wrist-joint, showing the swelling and the limi-tation of motion. Fig. 325.
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