The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-26

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os,e'oarthriiis. ieayin. \.
ankylosed and perhsps - ut
others: carries Ia a,
s ESP in childreu ~
ana what is still NOR. ~ ~ N
iI,ehts have been torn ! n nc
taken place In the vs.. - Mn
nation Of the membrsn'' III
user may follow. II
~ very insiiious. sos,. I
worse In few rare css v M
rurauon commenting AN ~
broken down blood o,sAemA
ana spreading through ! =
pranes, or along the lyrrsslh
aura matral sheath 4 ssh
ria Is tot an uncomnos osa
ratner a symptom. an. @
lumbar regions. shown. ,IN1ir
stance Of the kidney nv . M
the cause OF the jniuyv q
strnctuf- In this reri.s
serious, but cases ar ~
has proved fa'ai, protsh,'
sns large arteries haviss
strange to say. swelling 4 "
accidents OF this kind, unLs
siderable extravasation raa
the outline OF the muscl.s !. !, =
or simply form a smooth
ton. ~
The skin is often verv 49,.
rule firm pressure gives yssas
hardly ever present, ana Il ~.
that the temperature 4
sprains Of the back havr 49,
lar Importance from thai, -
railway collisions, and attsr. y
made to distinguish than ~.
under these circumstance
Except. however, for the., y.
Tor The reason that they a., ~
cilte1 with very sravs des,s
which Is certainly rot vils~.
rpcn the subsequent proxrs- !. /
there IN no occasion for such , Is
tlun
Under the head Of dsf,n,,,,,
In this article is given ali n. n.
changes that take place IN ~
that may be affected. ill.,
fore. necessary to &C into ! ~
scription of the changes ~, i
the most serious spra!ns of "A. -
In the foregoing remarks ~ !.
cd to show that a spraln mayh !,
serious or even a fatal iniury ~
lures may be. 1t is unnecsn,r I.
attempt a description Of fr,ciw
subject is discussed In soma !, I,
phases in almost every sufr,s y
tion--even volumes have been ~;
that. too, by the brightest minAs
ever graced surgical literatu P
with sprains; l have never ~ \
written on sprains nor head 4
discussed In a medical aspcA+
must be an admitted fact ~ .
when severe, often tax the ~
the surgeon as TO the props n
prognosis and treatment Of IL ~
Sprains. when complicated ~
lures into a joint, necessariB
danger 10 both. ana aften rSl3
cult 10 say which injury will
to recover on account Of thu -
lions Of the structure and til
pendence OF both.
My observation and experiensj
as compared with fractures ~
the conclusion that seriou, =
more important joints, such u h
knee. hip or back, is more psixj
ten times more obscure as to thI
will take. longer in regainins /
function and usefulness than ~
the shaft of the tibia or tibuh II
the thigh, whether the fractun !
or complicated.
Many cases corroborative d q
conclusion might be given; for "
know farmer who was thnn
his wagon more than ten ytln
sprained his neck, who 10 stu ii
from that cause. I know I II
penter, who, while pumping / 4
with his hack turned In The GisI
hand car was going, fell 10 I'D
face up, the body was rolled upcii
the motion of the car, prodpr4
of the back, followed by henhstusl
confined him to the Texas Ce1tII
for five weeks. when ne was ~ !
about. but who Is not able 10 III
labor, now five years since ihs \
l know an engineer, apprehendniI
swung himself out Of the cab d
gine, alighting only a short disi,1
his engine: he sprained bis tnE|
confined him to his bed fonr n
he still limps. the accident haylH !
more than six years ago. "a
ankles. when they are severn
correSpondingly slow In thai "a
recovery and usefulness.
Tho symptomotology and ta7l
sprains and fractures have be-
as there Is no line OF comparg;9
injuries that could be approprisI
article.