Diseases of bones and joints (1914) (14754729911)

Synovial tuberculosis

Identifier: diseasesofbonesj00elyl (find matches)

Title: Diseases of bones and joints

Year: 1914 (1910s)

Authors: Ely, Leonard Wheeler, 1868-

Subjects: Bones Joints Diagnosis, Radioscopic Bone Diseases Joint Diseases Radiography

Publisher: New York : Surgery Publishing Company

Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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Fig. 10. Low power photomicrograph. Capsule from a normal knetjoint of an adult man dead of alcoholism. The specimen is froma recess of the joint. Note the folds of the synovia. Zeiss ob-jective, aa. Ocular 3. Beware of Infection ofIn all operations on joints or in wounds of them, the Synovia it is the infection of the synovial membrane that is to be feared. THE LIGAMENT. We have already discussed the ligament. It iscomposed of dense fibrous tissue, holds the ends of 16 DISEASES OF BONES AND JOINTS The Ligament the bones together, checks motion, and may be dis-regarded except for its mechanical functions. *

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Fig. 11. Synovial tuberculosis. Section from synovial membrane show-ing typical tuberculosis (magnified) about 20 diameters. A—areasof necrosis. B—Giant cells. We recognize, then, in bones and joints threeactive tissues, namely, the marrow, the synovia, andthe inner layer of the periosteum; and two passive DISEASES OF BONES AND JOINTS 17 tissues, the bone and the cartilage. The active tis-tues are continuous with one another and presentsimilarity in structure and in their reaction to dis-ease. The disease may start in one and spread toanother. Certain diseases show a predilection forone, certain for two, and certain affect all three.Thus, acute articular rheumatism affects thesynovia, syphilis the periosteum, the marrow, and

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