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Identifier: surgicaldiffere00maur (find matches)
Title: Surgical differentials
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Maury, John W. D. (from old catalog)
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near a paralyzed one. BURSAE. The lesions of the bursae are classed as occupationdiseases. They are the result of exudative and productive in-flammation. Morphologically they are distention cysts causedby long continued pressure. Child believes them to be essen-tially protective rather than pathologic in nature. From hoaryantiquity we have inherited the following old classics: House Maids Knee or pre-patella bursitis ; Miners Elbow;rarely seen in this country, but frequently in England andWales, where the coal seams are so narrow that the men areobliged to lie on their sides to use their picks. As they pick,the elbow rotates back and forth on the Olecranon processand the bursa enlarges. Coachmans Bottom. This, on ac-count of the hard seats which the liveried flunkies of the Britishnobility are obliged to sit upon, combined with their tightpants, arises on the tuber ischii. It is rarely seen in this coun-try because of adequate upholstering. CHAPTER V.LYMPHATIC VESSELS AND THEIR NODES.
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Fig. 11 Shows the group of cervical glands typically involved in syphilis.This figure is designed also to show the cervical triangles assimply as possible. ACTION OF THE NODES. 55 The relation of the lymphatic vessels to diseases in generaland particularly their influence upon the metastatic distributionof carcinomata make them of very great importance surgically.A thorough knowledge of the distribution of the lymphatic ves-sels which drain the tongue, the breast and the uterus is asine que non for all, but most particularly for those wishingto rank in a hospital examination. The character of the opera-tions on these important parts is governed entirely by the dis-tribution of the lymphatics. The glands may well, for purposes of convenience, belooked upon as natures sieves. They protect the body fromgerm infection and other dangers, and are therefore of greatsurgical importance. They do not, however, bear as intricatea relation to surgical pathology and treatment as the vessels. The l

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