Annals of surgery . symptoms of tabes were a suspicion of the Argyle-Robertson pupil, and a diminished knee jerk, and a pain sensedisturbance with a previous etiological factor in the form ofsyphilis. The patient had been seen by a competent neurologist,who expressed the opinion that the condition was one of earlytabes. The lesion was a rare one, in that the tarsal joint is notoften involved and the joint conditions are uncommon previous tomarked manifestations of tabes dorsalis. Dr. L. W. Hotchkiss said he had seen but one case ofCharcots joint involving the ankle. Dr. Woolsey said he had nev
Annals of surgery . symptoms of tabes were a suspicion of the Argyle-Robertson pupil, and a diminished knee jerk, and a pain sensedisturbance with a previous etiological factor in the form ofsyphilis. The patient had been seen by a competent neurologist,who expressed the opinion that the condition was one of earlytabes. The lesion was a rare one, in that the tarsal joint is notoften involved and the joint conditions are uncommon previous tomarked manifestations of tabes dorsalis. Dr. L. W. Hotchkiss said he had seen but one case ofCharcots joint involving the ankle. Dr. Woolsey said he had never seen the ankle involved insuch a case. Dr. Hartwell. in closing, said that about a year ago. at theLincoln Hospital, he saw a somewhat similar case. The patientwas a man about 60, a sailor, who showed no evidences of syphilis,and gave no history of that disease. There were no actual signsof tabes. One ankle joint was apparently disorganized, as in thiscase, and it had been so painful that the man had been unable. STENOSIS OF PYLORUS IN INFANCY. 121 to leave his bed for two months. Upon cutting into the joint,it was found to be totally disorganized, so that amputation of thefoot WLS deemed advisable. An examination of the specimen showed an osteitis, wathdestruction of the bones at the joint. There was no nerve lesionnor other demonstrable etiological factor. The case was classifiedunder the general term of arthritis deformans. The man hadnever had any acute symptoms in the joint, and the other joints ofthe body were apparently normal. STENOSIS OF THE PYLORUS IN INFANCY. Dr. Arthur L. Flsk read a paper with this title (for whichsee page i). Dr. Woolsey said that in a case recently reported by Dr. JohnRogers there was apparently very little thickening of the pylorus,and the speaker said he understood that that was a feature inmany of these cases. In Dr. Rogers case, as he recalled it, asound could be introduced through the pylorus, although all thecharacteristic symptoms of st
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