Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . s). The grouping together of tuberculous bone and joint diseasesis intended to emphasize their correlation. The favorite seat ofhone tuberculosis is usually in the epiphyses, the joint becominginvolved secondarily by extension of the inflammatory process tothe synovial structures. Occasionally the joint is affectedprimarily. The immediate cause of the disease is the tubercle bacillus which invades the medullary tissue, the bone proper, or the Primary or articular s
Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . s). The grouping together of tuberculous bone and joint diseasesis intended to emphasize their correlation. The favorite seat ofhone tuberculosis is usually in the epiphyses, the joint becominginvolved secondarily by extension of the inflammatory process tothe synovial structures. Occasionally the joint is affectedprimarily. The immediate cause of the disease is the tubercle bacillus which invades the medullary tissue, the bone proper, or the Primary or articular structures, either from within—from a florid or latent secondary. tuberculous focus elsewhere—or from without—as a result oftraumatism. An inherited predisposition and impaired nutritionfrom various causes favor the development of tuberculous disease. TUBERCULOSIS. Osseous as well as articular tuberculosis is essentially achronic inflammatory process, free from the violent symptomswhich are characteristic of acute, non-tuberculous lesions may exist for weeks and months with appar- -Tuberculous Disease of the Elbow-joint in Boy 18Months Old. (Sheffield.) ent perfect health. Fever is usually absent in the beginning andonly slight—in the evening—at a later stage of the disease. Asthe tuberculous process advances progressive anemia and emacia-tion make their appearance but are not pathognomonic of theaffection. The local symptoms also are very vague at the reason why local tuberculous disease is frequently lOmariation. 376 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. Frequently overlooked until, as will presently be shown, deformity and lossoverlooked. Q£ functjon nave occurred, which vary greatly in extent andseverity with the seat of the lesions and the mode of treatment. 1. TUBERCULOSIS OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN(Spondylitis; Potts Disease). The tuberculous process usually begins in or near the verte-bral body, and if not arrested, gradually
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