Excerpt from Pathological and Surgical Observations on Diseases of the Joints The following pages contain a series of observations, which were begun several years ago, and which have been con tinned, not without considerable labour, up to the present period. They relate to a class of diseases, which have strong claims on the attention of the surgeon; since they are of very frequent occur rence; are a source of serious anxiety to the patients; and, for the most part, if ne gleeted, proceed to an unfavorable ters mination, There are other circumstances also, which seemed to render the morbid afi'ections of the joints a fit subject of in vestigation. They have scarcely met with the attention, which they merit from former pathologists, The terms, White Swellings, scrophulous joints, 85c. Have 3(2) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.