Excision of the knee joint with report of twenty-eight cases . for the purpose of having the legremoved by amputation. He did not complain of night startingsbecause the limb was carefully supported by a back splint, butthe condition of the joint precluded any active employment orexercise, and he had made up his mind to have it was proposed, to which he at first objected, preferring theentire removal of what he considered was the cause of his beingunable to get about. After some persuasion the patient agreed tothe proposal, and the operation was performed on June 2nd, 1879. T
Excision of the knee joint with report of twenty-eight cases . for the purpose of having the legremoved by amputation. He did not complain of night startingsbecause the limb was carefully supported by a back splint, butthe condition of the joint precluded any active employment orexercise, and he had made up his mind to have it was proposed, to which he at first objected, preferring theentire removal of what he considered was the cause of his beingunable to get about. After some persuasion the patient agreed tothe proposal, and the operation was performed on June 2nd, 1879. This patient made a fair and tolerably rapid recovery ; he wasaltogether 52 days in bed. The splint was removed on the 40th union between the bones existed. He might have left hisbed at an earlier period, but dreaded injury to the limb. How-ever he returned home with a useful limb ; there was one inchand one-eighth of shortening. 1 have since heard from thispatient: he steadily recovered, and at the present time is strong,robust and active. Case EXCISION OF THE KNEE JOINT. Operation performed 24th February, taken in April, 1880. EXCISION OF THE KNEE JOINT. 47 No. 19.—Excision of the left knee joint for disease commencing in the synovial membrane, the result of a Jail. From, notes taken hy Mr. Alexander Henderson. Alexander Eoss, set. 12, was admitted into Hospital onFebruary 23rd, 1880, with disease of the left knee jointof two years duration. In the month of March, 1878, heinjured the knee by a severe fall on the ice. He was not laidup at the time, and, although slightly lame, he was allowed to runabout as usual. The following August he again twisted his legin running, and the joint became inflamed, tender and kept the joint sKghtly flexed, and in this position he wasable to limp about. The acute inflammatory symptoms subsided,but it was noticed that he was unable to extend the limb, andany attempt at flexion or extension was accompani
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