Surgery; its theory and practice . Abscess in end of tibia. Thepyogenic membrane is wellseen. (From St. Bartholo-mews Hospital Museum.) 2 24 DISEASES OF SPECIAL TISSUES. Fig. Necrosed cann-Uous bone in abscesscavity. (From ^t. BartholomewsHospital Museum.) larges at the expense of the old bone, new bone is continuallyformed around, and hence the pus seldom makes its way to thesurface as in the soft parts. As the abscess, however, approachesa joint, new bone is not formed beneath the articular cartilage, and so the pus on reaching the car-tilage may perforate it and escapeinto the joint. W
Surgery; its theory and practice . Abscess in end of tibia. Thepyogenic membrane is wellseen. (From St. Bartholo-mews Hospital Museum.) 2 24 DISEASES OF SPECIAL TISSUES. Fig. Necrosed cann-Uous bone in abscesscavity. (From ^t. BartholomewsHospital Museum.) larges at the expense of the old bone, new bone is continuallyformed around, and hence the pus seldom makes its way to thesurface as in the soft parts. As the abscess, however, approachesa joint, new bone is not formed beneath the articular cartilage, and so the pus on reaching the car-tilage may perforate it and escapeinto the joint. When the inflam-mation is more acute, suppurationmay occur before the bone-trabe-cul^e have been completely de-stroyed, under which circumstancea sequestrum of cancellous tissuemay be found free in the abscesscavity (Fig. 70). Ihe symptoms are chronic, andoften obscure. Generally there ispain of a dull, boring, and localizedcharacter, often intermittent, andworse at night; tenderness on pres-sure at the spot where the abscess isapproaching the surface; some oedema and pitting of the softtissues ; occasional enlargement of the end of the bone ; and latersome dusky redness of
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