The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-08-28

(and this appears 70 be your forte,) and mis-. Il
represented my tresiment.I will. 10 justify ;
myself before fellow physicians ani an en-
Ii h,ened public. give The history d the case /,
q! Mr. Gnds's daughter. ss brief a. possible. d
Some seven or eight weeks ago Dir. jos. b
G ude consulted me about his daughter, aud
said that three or four weeks previous. the
child. II or 10 years Of nge. in climbing over
fence scratched her thigh (no, known
whether II was dune by pressure or by iric-
iion) little above the knee ioint. on the 10.
side. lAbout The place where the abcess
spened). She complained little about this
until tive or Elk days sflerward, when the
thigh commenced swelling, aud slightly i'll
sny dscoloSed, but accompanied with much
pain, aggravated At night, bowels cos,ive,
urine high colored. At my irss visit. which
was three Or four weeks from the time when
she was frs, taken, found her in The fol-
lowing condi,ion-of . strenuous tempera
ment, considerable reduced, pulse quick, IRE.
quent, md irritable; skin harsh and dry;
tongue loaded with ssbrownish yellow coat
and dry; bowels cos,ive, now and then d.
srrhGa; urine high coored and ecsnty; no
sppeu,e; much thirst; saelIing Of the right
thigh; not much swelling Of leg when first
saw her; after the signs Of supurs'ion frs,
made their appearance, there was consider
sble swelling OF foot aud leg. ] ordered the
following medicine:
Rhei PuIv. 2 scrupies: Hydrsrg chlor.
mi,i grains; Ipicac pulv. !! g.. NIX.
Divide into three powders. One Of these
powders to be tsken every three hours, ami
afterwards q dose Of castor oil. O'derei a
steam bath 10 the thigh, aud afterward wsrm
fomentstion Of Plumb seetas dram. Opt.
IL scruple. This 10 be put 10 one gallon Of
hop or chsmomils tea, aud flannel saturated
with this tea was 10 be wrapped around the
thigh, and repeated 40 often 90 necessary
After the purgalive had acted, she was Il
take the following mixture-Qunine sulph
dram; acid suIph. aremat. dram; ext
valsrium fluid o., water three ounces.
Take table spoonful every three hours
! ordered her cod FLYER oil, a small table
spoonful three times dry, directly sfis
eating, as the stomach will then better digss
il. Dovsrs powders At night. 10 procure rest
this, with Iodide Of potassium. is the treat
ment pursued, using II as symptoms do
manded. ordered the patient light NJ
ricious diet. Had seen the child frcm tn
beginning would have treated her some
wBst different I stated 70 Mr.. uuos mn
matter was collecting 10 the interior Of th'
leg. and that Il would be two or three weeks
before / could let ii out. l diagnosed III,
case TO be ostitis, or Inflammation Of bone
and as it had been neglected necrosis woul,
likely result. Necrosis generally attack,
persons 80 disposed between tie sges OF /:
and Is. (,hough II the poison that produce
il 10 specific, Us the veneria, il matters no
abou, the sge). The long compact bone
are more liable 10 il than the spongy; sIigh
injuries may produce i. such a. Sigh, pres
sure, confusion, &c. Fever, measles. scar
letins, scroiula. &c, frequently produce il
The symptoms are pain, generally very Sc
we're, depending whether the disease is acui
or subacu'e, aggravated generally 81 night
inhammstory fever; swelling Of part afEecI
ed, with but slight ciscoIors,ion. These a.
come Of TIE symptoms Of oslitis resulting j
necrosis. These were the symptoms Pc
scented in the csss Of Mr.. GUIDES dsughte
and therefore diagnosed the disease asst,
Decentralization Of the thigh bone. "a
sulling 10 necrosis.
Two or three weeks after first saw II
patient the matter pointed" about two il
ches above knee joint, just beneath Intern
wastes muscle. ] opened the sbcsss, whe
large quantity Of matter escaped. and col
tinued 90 for some time, when II BEGAN
less, end changed from strumous 10 . sano,
acrid character, and very fsiid. Iexsmin'
the sbcess v it'll probe. but could detect |
diseased bone for tho fret two days, OWL
10 the great depth had to introduce Il
probe. On the third day, after the swelliI
had lsssened considerable, I could detect
space Of the % femoris o. 4 inches Ia :
tent, denuded Of the periosteum, which ora
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