The practice of surgery . Fig. 506.—Dotted line showing incision used for demonstration of the bursa. For en-largement see Fig. 507 (E. A. Codman).. Fig. 507.—Illustrates the appearance when an incision is made into the normal bursa (E. A. Codman). sists for more than ten days, the bursa should be opened, evacuated,wiped out with 95 per cent, carbolic acid, followed by 70 per cent. 812 MIXOU SURGERY—DISEASES OF STRUCTURE alcohol, and closed securely without drainage. If pain and impairedfunction follow the subsidence of distention, the sur<ieon siiould employmassage, Bier cupping, and passi
The practice of surgery . Fig. 506.—Dotted line showing incision used for demonstration of the bursa. For en-largement see Fig. 507 (E. A. Codman).. Fig. 507.—Illustrates the appearance when an incision is made into the normal bursa (E. A. Codman). sists for more than ten days, the bursa should be opened, evacuated,wiped out with 95 per cent, carbolic acid, followed by 70 per cent. 812 MIXOU SURGERY—DISEASES OF STRUCTURE alcohol, and closed securely without drainage. If pain and impairedfunction follow the subsidence of distention, the sur<ieon siiould employmassage, Bier cupping, and passive movements, with intervals ofimmobilization. Usually four or five weeks of such treatment willestablish a cure, except in the cases of subdeltoid and subcoracoidbursitis/ which are often so obstinate as to cripple the victim for monthsor years even. Acute infective bursitis is due either to a punctured wound or toa hematogenous infection. The acutely inflamed bursa calls for promptand radical treatment. It should be opened freely, the sac excised, andthe cavity swabbed out with carbolic and alcohol or with Harringtonssolution. The wound
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