Excerpt from Practical Observations on the Disease of the Joints, Commonly Called White-Swelling: With Remarks on Caries, Necrosis, and Scrofulous Abscess, in Which a New and Successful Method of Treating These Complaints Is Pointed OutThe nature of scrofula, have not afforded, as far as I know, any improvement in point of surgical practice neither has the investiga tion of the supposed causes of the disease appeared to throw much light on the sub jcet.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.