. Transactions of the sixth International congress on tuberculosis. Washington, September 28 to October 5, 1908. ofthe knee-joint. He left the hospital seven weeks later with a sinus extendingfrom the knee-joint into the middle of the tibia, and two smaller ones nearthe joint. A short time later he returned to the hospital for another operation,which, however, failed to close the sinuses, and a third operation was per-formed two months later, again with an unfavorable result. The parentsthen took the l)oy to Tubingen, where Professor Bruns performed the fourthoperation. No improvement, however
. Transactions of the sixth International congress on tuberculosis. Washington, September 28 to October 5, 1908. ofthe knee-joint. He left the hospital seven weeks later with a sinus extendingfrom the knee-joint into the middle of the tibia, and two smaller ones nearthe joint. A short time later he returned to the hospital for another operation,which, however, failed to close the sinuses, and a third operation was per-formed two months later, again with an unfavorable result. The parentsthen took the l)oy to Tubingen, where Professor Bruns performed the fourthoperation. No improvement, however, resulted, and three fistulas persistedas before. The family then moved to America, in June, 1903. They hadabandoned all medical treatment; nothing more than daily dressing was doneby the patient himself. * Of the 9, 7 are improved and 2 unchanged. t Of the 13 cases, 5 are improved; 5 have been treated only one week, results awaited;3 are unchanged. I Of the 6 cases, 5 are cured and 1 is improved, results being awaited. § Of the 10 cases, 6 show marked improvement, 3 some improvement, 1 IoJ3 C *^«^ a- O W) C o ir! C pq 8. c CO i^ 3 bb
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