A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . ^ -11;%. Changes of the acetabulum iu chronic rheumaticarthritis. Chronic Rheumatic Arthritis of the Knee.—This disease usually begins as anordinary attack of synovitis. The pain, at first very slight, gradually increases,and is generally most severe at the inner part of the joint, particularly over theinner condyle. The stiffness progresses until, at length, it amounts almost tocomplete anchylosis; the knee is deformed, and crackles when moved; the ham-string muscles are rigidly contracted ; the leg is strongly evert
A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . ^ -11;%. Changes of the acetabulum iu chronic rheumaticarthritis. Chronic Rheumatic Arthritis of the Knee.—This disease usually begins as anordinary attack of synovitis. The pain, at first very slight, gradually increases,and is generally most severe at the inner part of the joint, particularly over theinner condyle. The stiffness progresses until, at length, it amounts almost tocomplete anchylosis; the knee is deformed, and crackles when moved; the ham-string muscles are rigidly contracted ; the leg is strongly everted; and the tibiais partially dislocated from the femur. The patella is often considerably dis-placed, and foreign bodies, or cartilaginous concretions, may occasionally be de-tected in the joint. The diagnosis is based upon the chronicity of the disease, the absence of anytendency to suppuration, the marked eversion of the leg, the dislocated appear-ance of the knee, the singular condition of the ligament of the patella, whichforms a distinct band in front of the joint, and the
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