On The Mechanical Treatment Of Synovitis Of The Knee Joint Classic Reprint

Author : Lewis Albert Sayre
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266529743
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book On the Mechanical Treatment of Chronic Inflammation of the Joints of the Lower Extremities written by Lewis Albert Sayre and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from On the Mechanical Treatment of Chronic Inflammation of the Joints of the Lower Extremities: With a Description of Some New Apparatus for Producing Extension at the Knee and Ankle-Joints The causes, pathology, and symptoms of the various diseases of the joints have been so accurately described by Brodie, Barwell, Guerin, Bouvier, and others, as well as in the numerous mono graphs upon the subject, that it would be superfluous to repeat their description. The fact, also, that. Chronic inflammation of any joint produces reflex contractions, causing deformity and severer pain, by increasing pressure on the diseased surfaces, thus making extension and counter-extension a necessary part of the treatment, has been so fully proved by myself and others who have written on this topic, and is now so generally admitted, that no further comments are necessary. It is, in addition, acknowledged that the confinement, formerly necessary to produce the requisite extension and counter-extension, was so injurious to the general health of the patient, that the ad vantages were sometimes overbalanced, and exercise in the open air became a necessity in order to save life, even at the expense of a deformed limb. Moreover, the immense advantage given to patients with disease of the hip-joint, since the introduction of mechanical appliances, which allow exercise without discontinuing the extension, is so evident, that no one at all conversant with the disease and its proper treatment, will attempt to deny it. The object of the present paper is, therefore, to show the prae tical utility of this very principle of treatment to the diseases of the knee and ankle-joints, even when they have extended to suppu ration and caries; and to illustrate it by the narration of some cases which have come under my personal observation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.