A system of surgery . Fig. 432.—Femur and Patella from a case of chronic Osteo-arthritis,showing the effects of friction. last. But, ulti-mately, if thejoint surfacesbecome lockedin one another,movementbeing arrested,the pain gene-rally ceases,except that attimes, espe-cially at night,the bones mayache. So far aswe know, all the joints of the body may be affected, either singlyor together, by osteo-arthritis. But there are some which appearto be peculiarly liable to the disease. Among the larger articula-tions the following is about the order of frequency: knee, hip,shoulder, elbow, ankle, ste
A system of surgery . Fig. 432.—Femur and Patella from a case of chronic Osteo-arthritis,showing the effects of friction. last. But, ulti-mately, if thejoint surfacesbecome lockedin one another,movementbeing arrested,the pain gene-rally ceases,except that attimes, espe-cially at night,the bones mayache. So far aswe know, all the joints of the body may be affected, either singlyor together, by osteo-arthritis. But there are some which appearto be peculiarly liable to the disease. Among the larger articula-tions the following is about the order of frequency: knee, hip,shoulder, elbow, ankle, sterno-clavicular, and temporo-maxillary,the smaller joints showing it only a little less frequently. Eventhe smaller articulations of the vertebrse have no immunity fromthe disease, but may be extensively involved. Both sexes appear to be equally affected by osteo-arthritis; per-haps the larger joints are more frequently attacked in males, thesmaller in females. The tireatmcait of this affection is, on the whole, unsa
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