Buffalo medical journal . Figf. 2. Atrophic Arthritis : Showing: atrophy of the cartitagfe and the begfinningf atrophyof the bones with telescoping of the articular ends of the bone. (Goldthwait.) or distal phalangeal joints (Fig. 3). The blood so far as hasbeen determined shows no marked change. The treatment consists of early fixation of the joints afifected, meiseenbach: non-tubercular joint lesions. 339 •so as to prevent irritation of the parts. The eHminative func-tions should be regulated and the general health improved. Whenhypertrophied bone interferes with joint motion, it should bere
Buffalo medical journal . Figf. 2. Atrophic Arthritis : Showing: atrophy of the cartitagfe and the begfinningf atrophyof the bones with telescoping of the articular ends of the bone. (Goldthwait.) or distal phalangeal joints (Fig. 3). The blood so far as hasbeen determined shows no marked change. The treatment consists of early fixation of the joints afifected, meiseenbach: non-tubercular joint lesions. 339 •so as to prevent irritation of the parts. The eHminative func-tions should be regulated and the general health improved. Whenhypertrophied bone interferes with joint motion, it should beremoved. The fourth class, one of the most common and far-reaching,is the Infectious Arthritis; this may be an acute or chronic ar-thritis but it is usually this type which is referred to as chronicrheumatism. It is an infectious inflammatory process, involv-. Fig. 3. Hypertrophic Arthritis : Showing- ossification of intervertebral discs, and theover-lapping: of hypertrophied bone. (C. F. Palmer.) ing the joints and surrounding soft parts, and is caused by theentrance into the joint, either by the micro-organism its self, orby the toxins therof: the pneumococcus, streptococcus, typh-oid bacillus, bacillus of influenza etc., may all cause this type 34^ meisenbach: non-tubercular joint lesions. in a mild or severe form. The disease may manifest itself asmon-articular or poly-articular (Fig. 4) but in this it differsfrom the atropic and hypertropic in so much that, in thistype, the affected joints usually show their afinity early and in ashort time. The severity of the disease depends on the initialorganism and the extent of inflammation present. The capsulemay become thickened or pus may form with resulting destruc-tion of the joint, as is sometimes the case with the gonococcus. The disease is a toxemia and associated with the joint symp-toms
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