Lectures on the American eclectic system of surgery . Abscess of Bone. ? - Bone will not heal up after abscess, so long as there is anydiseased portion remaining. Hence, when a sore will not healunder ordinary simple dressings, the presumption of necrosis. There are often fistulous pipes connected with the bone-ulcer,and passing to a considerable distance through the soft , the femur may be ulcerated about the trochanters, andthe visible abscess be near the knee, the matter having passeddown beneath the fasciae femoris, or between the muscles, form-ing a fistulous pipe through the wh
Lectures on the American eclectic system of surgery . Abscess of Bone. ? - Bone will not heal up after abscess, so long as there is anydiseased portion remaining. Hence, when a sore will not healunder ordinary simple dressings, the presumption of necrosis. There are often fistulous pipes connected with the bone-ulcer,and passing to a considerable distance through the soft , the femur may be ulcerated about the trochanters, andthe visible abscess be near the knee, the matter having passeddown beneath the fasciae femoris, or between the muscles, form-ing a fistulous pipe through the whole thigh. Pas from diseased bone may be easily distinguished by one 148 OSTITIS. who has had any sensible experience of it; its very offensiveodor is quite characteristic. Touch is, however, a better test ofdiseased bone than smell. Apply your finger, whenever possi-ble, or any common probe. If the surface of the bone be feltrough or uneven, with loose pieces, the case is clear. If thesuspected part of the bone can not be reached, and you are not
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