The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations . mp-back, on the prominent parts of club-feet, or at theextremity of stumps. Situations in which Bursas exist—In the following situationsbursae naturally occur, and may consequently be expected to be met witliin a diseased state:—behind the angle of the lower jaw, on the symph^sisof the chin, on the angle of the thja-oid cartilage ; on tlie acromion, tlieexternal and internal condyles of the humerus, the olecranon, the styloidprocesses of the ulna and radius; on the dorsal surface of the meta-carp
The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations . mp-back, on the prominent parts of club-feet, or at theextremity of stumps. Situations in which Bursas exist—In the following situationsbursae naturally occur, and may consequently be expected to be met witliin a diseased state:—behind the angle of the lower jaw, on the symph^sisof the chin, on the angle of the thja-oid cartilage ; on tlie acromion, tlieexternal and internal condyles of the humerus, the olecranon, the styloidprocesses of the ulna and radius; on the dorsal surface of the meta-carpo-phalangeal articulations, as well as on their palmar surface, and onthe dorsal aspect of the phalangeal articulations ; on the anterior supe-rior spine of the ilium, the great trochanter, the tuberosity of theischium, the lower, superior, and outer parts of the patella; on eaclicondyle of the thigh-bone, the tuberosity of the til)ia, the two malleoli,the calcaneum, the dorsal aspect of the toes, and on the plantar aspect 332 DISEASES OF SYNOVIAL MEMBRANES, AND MUSCLES. ffi^^^ ^**<*. -Ealarged Bursa over Olecranon-Elbow. of the lieads of the first and fifth metatarsal bones. Besides these situa-tions they occur under the deltoid and the gluteus maximus, betvveen the lower end of the scapulaand the latissimus dorsi, andin the ham. Morbid Alterations.—Thecontinued irritation of bursasby the pressure that is exercisedupon them, ma}^ cause them toinflame, to enlarge, to becomethickened, or to undergo vari-ous changes in structure. Thisenlargement of the bursae inparticular situations is oftenconnected with special employ-ments, l\y which continuous andsevere pressure is exercisedupon certain parts of the body ;thus frequent kneeling will occasion enlargement of the bursa patellae,hence called housemaids knee. Miners are occasionally subject to anenlargement of tlie bursa lying over the olecranon, hence called minerselbow (Fig. 501); and in any situation a new bursa ma}
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