A probationary essay on the synovial membrane of the knee joint : submitted by authority of the President and his Council, to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, when candidate for admission into their body, in conformity to their regulations respecting the admission of ordinary Fellows / by E.B. Sherriffs [sic].

  • Sherriff, Edward Bannerman.
Date:
1834
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    ON THE SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE OF THE KNEE JOINT. Affections of the knee joint form so im- portant a department of Surgery, that no apology can be necessary for making the anatomical structure, and the pathology of its capsule, the subject of a Probationary Essay. Much practical experience is un- questionably required to correct the vague- ness of the knowledge drawn from books on these subjects, yet it is not less certain that such experience will be of little avail, unless it be built on an exact acquaintance with the anatomical structure of the parts concerned. It is on this account that I propose to pre- face the few observations I have to offer on B