. Radiography, X-ray therapeutics and radium therapy . rate, and indicates clearly the progress the bone is makingin the direction of recovery. Acute Septic Osteomyelitis.—This arises as a result of infection fromwithout, in cases of compound fracture, and after amputation or excision ofbone ; the shafts of long bones are affected, and the disease generally runs arapid course. Typhoid Osteitis. —The typhoid bacillus may lie dormant for yearswithout causing any abscess formation. The appearance is typical, andis shown in Fig. 142. Chronic Inflammation of Bone. — Chronic osteo - periostitis, ach
. Radiography, X-ray therapeutics and radium therapy . rate, and indicates clearly the progress the bone is makingin the direction of recovery. Acute Septic Osteomyelitis.—This arises as a result of infection fromwithout, in cases of compound fracture, and after amputation or excision ofbone ; the shafts of long bones are affected, and the disease generally runs arapid course. Typhoid Osteitis. —The typhoid bacillus may lie dormant for yearswithout causing any abscess formation. The appearance is typical, andis shown in Fig. 142. Chronic Inflammation of Bone. — Chronic osteo - periostitis, achronic inflammatory process, results in overgrowth, thickening, and con- 170 RADIOGRAPHY densation, (1) as a localised chronic periostitis, traumatic, rheumatic, orsyphilitic in origin ; or (2) as a diffuse form, usually tubercular or syphilitic,which tends to involve the whole bone. It may result in a small abscess orcentral necrosis. Around this focus the bone becomes thick and of this are shown in Plate figs, d and
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