Description of the diseased joints in the Museum of the Army Medical Department at Chatham / by George Gulliver.

  • Gulliver, George, 1804-1882.
Date:
[1837]
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Credit: Description of the diseased joints in the Museum of the Army Medical Department at Chatham / by George Gulliver. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    DESCRIPTION OF THE DISEASED JOINTS IN THE HI of THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT AT CHATHAM. c By GEORGE GULLIVER, Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, &c. wi the Edinburgh Med. and Surg. Journal, No. 132.) who are acquainted with the anatomical museum of Medical Department are aware that nothing less than :tion of the catalogue would be required to give an ade- Dunt of the collection. But, however desirable such a be, the period of its publication is at present uncer- ;te pathological part of the museum has now become of nt and importance, presenting a body of facts illus- the diseases of soldiers, unequalled in this country ; ugh the more common affections occupy a space com- : with their frequency, it contains many specimens of rrence, and some which are probably unknown. De- of different sections of the collection will therefore be those who are investigating the diseases of the army ; uld venture to hope that a mass of facts thus brought and appropriately arranged, may not prove altogether ing to pathological anatomists generally, fections of the locomotive organs are first to occupy our The diseased joints, which form the subject of the nmmunication, although by no means so numerous as er parts of the collection, will amply repay the trouble ion. They may all be referred to one or other of the ' heads, namely— i I. Affections of the synovial membrane i II. Affections of the cartilages,— Hypertrophy. A