The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-11-25

first noticed in its beginning by the tailor
or the dressmaker, one shoulder or one
hip being a little higher than the other.
If the treatment is begun early many
of these cases can be cured The wear
ing of plaster casts and other suitable
appliances to take the pressure off the
lnfiamed bones does great deal of good
IN all cases. The treatment of this con-
dltlon is necessarily very long and tedi.
Gus. The first patient treated by the
wearing of plaster casts had to wear
ceived Il perfect cure.
tuberculosis of the bones commonly
called white swelling begins usually near
one end of one of the long bones of the
arms or legs, though it may involve any
bone The bone is gradually broken
down and destroyed-from a small patch
at the end of a bone the whole bone NAV
| be- ruined in a short time. A competent
surgeon should be seen early so that the
| diseased spot can be removed and the
limb or part saved. The trouble begins
with pain, soreness and later swelling
If these cases wait until pus comes and
H.,
be TOO late and amputation may be nee
essary. 1t is called white swelling be-
| cause the skin is more apt to be white
| over the swollen area, while in ordinary
| inflammation there is usually present a
red or livid condition of the skin. After
| the abscess formed by the softeninp of
the bone, finally ruptures through the
flesh and skin small pieces of bone often
come away from time to time. The dis
ease may follow bruse of the bone
Among the symptoms we have gnawing
pain, later swelling, and rise of temper.
ature above the normal
Tuberculosis of the hin ioint ;s ono
| of the most usual forms of Joint disease
lhe child begins to limp. Often pains
| is felt at the knee and the case is dag
nosed as one of rheumatism The thigh
is drawn forward, the hip joint becomes
stiff The thigh and the body cannot be
brought into straight line with one
another. The muscles of the leg waste
| away from lack of exercise. Later as
the disease progresses the head of the
| thigh bone will be destroyed and an alb
scess will be formed. The physician
should see these cases early. When taken
in, time many cases can be cured with
waits horrible deformity will result
anu life even may be lost before the
course of the disease can be stayed The
first principle of threatmcnt in all early
| cases or tubercular join diseases is rest,
tins the surgeon accomplishes by the use
OIL various apparatus and appliances suit
cd TO the case. The time of treatment
is long and must extend over many
| months or even years. To get good re-
suits the utmost care must be taken un-
der good medical direction In the treat.
mcnt, matters of climate, life out of
doors, the kiQd and quantity of food as
we'll as medicine must be considered. No
two cases will need exactly the same
treatment. Each one requiring special
individual treatment
| The course of the disease occurring in
the knee, ankle, elbow, or other Joints
run very much the same course and re.
quircs much the same sort of treatment
as the diseased hip. When the disease
has affected one of these smaller Joints
for some time the limb takes on what is
called the spindle shape, that is the Joint
becomes the largest part of the limb.
This is due to two cases, the Joint actu-
ally cnlarges from the disease and the
muscles of the limb waste away from lack
of exercise. The limb is disabled as
long as the joint is diseased and the mus,
cles cannot be exercised in the usual way.
However this dwindling and wasting of
the muscles can be largely prevented by
the right employment of massage of
lkneading of the muscles of the affected
part Contrary to the usual opinion
tuberculosis of the various parts of the
body is quite cureable, provided the prop
er treatment is carried out at the right
time. The treatmcnt>of this disease has
been very thoroughly studied and worked
out by earnest and enthusiastic members
of the medical profession and many
thousand of such cases are successful,
treated each year
The effects of treatment as regards tn,
hope of cure and saving of limb is mucl
better in children than in the grown I'D
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