On the influence of mechanical and physiological rest in the treatment of accidents and surgical diseases, and the diagnostic value of pain : a course of lectures, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, in the years 1860, 1861, and 1862 / by John Hilton.

  • Hilton, John, 1804-1878.
Date:
1863
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Credit: On the influence of mechanical and physiological rest in the treatment of accidents and surgical diseases, and the diagnostic value of pain : a course of lectures, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, in the years 1860, 1861, and 1862 / by John Hilton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rest, with anchylosis, 87; between first and second cervical vertebrae, cured by rest and the use of sand- bags, 88 ; of cervical vertebrae caused by a blow from a bolster, 90; between second and third cervical vertebrae, cured by rest, 91; between first and second cervical vertebrae,, causing loss of sensation in the limbs, cured by rest, 93 ; diagram showing proper position for a patient, with disease of cervical vertebrae, 95; diagram showing effect of destruction of liga- ment of the atlas, axis, and occipital bones, 96 ; value of small pillow in cases of, 97; of first and second cer- vical vertebrae, impending death of patient, cured by rest, 99; of first and second cervical vertebras, death caused by ignorance of nurse, 101; ulceration of articular cartilage, and laceration of transverse ligament, re- sulting from syphilis, 103; portion of atlas expelled from post-pharan- geal abscess, 104; anchylosis of occi- pital bone, atlas, and axis, 105; of first and second cervical vertebras, anchylosis, death of patient three years after the injury which pro- duced the disease, 105; of fifth, sixth, and seventh cervical vertebrae, paralysis, death of patient fourteen years afterwards, from an accident, 107; associated with pain in knee- joint, 210 ; close to pelvis, cured by rest, 411. Spleen, elastic capsule of, 14. Splint, for hip-joint disease, 337, 345, 387. Sternoclavicular joint, anatomy of, 469; anchylosis of, 469; disease of, cured by rest, 470, 471; disease of, death from pyaemia, 474. Sternum, disease of, cured by rest, 475. Stitch, explanation of, 249. Stone in bladder, irritation produced by, causing extreme attenuation in a child, 7; does not always produce irritation, 58; symptoms of, produced by ulceration of bladder or prostate, 58. Sub-mammary abscess, treatment of, 116. Sub-scapular abscess, 145. Syphilis in joints, rare, 300. Sympathetic nerve, distribution of, 216. Tarsal joints, disease of, 310. Testicle, elastic capsule of, 14. Thalamus nervi optici, effect of cere- bro-spinal 'fluid on, 26. Therapeutics, natural, definition of, 3. Throat, spasm of, treated by physio- logical rest, 263. Thumb, distribution of nerves to, 187. Tibia, necrosis of, 390 ; traumatic dis- location of, treated by rest and ap- plication of iced water, 438 ; injury to epiphysis of, death of patient, 485. Tissue, newly-formed, broken by want of rest, 5 ; developed into normal structure by rest, 5. Toes, distribution of nerves to, 186. Tongue, injuries of, rapid repair of, 72 ; ulcer of, cured by rest, 72; furred, depending on disease within the* cranium, 195; furred on one side, produced by decayed tooth, 195, 196, 198; furred on one side, de- pending on fracture at the base of the skull, 197. Tooth, decayed, producing ear-ache,71; producing irritation of fifth pair of nerves, 71 ; producing ulcer on tongue, 71; producing enlarged gland behind the ear, 71; producing furred tongue on one side, 195, 196, 198; producing grey hair on the temple, 198; producing excoriation of au- ditory canal, and enlarged lymphatic gland, 199. Tracheotomy, a means of giving rest to the larynx in chronic laryngitis, 56 ; more successful in cases of trau- matic injury than indiseases produced by a zymotic cause, 57 ; after syphi- litic ulceration, 57. Trephining gives rest to an injured brain, 57. Turgescence of the brain, means for diminishing, after exercise of that organ, 16. Ulcers, irritable, means of distinguish- ing, 63 ; method of treating, 136; irritable, of finger, 138; irritable, of leg, 139; irritable, after amputa- tion, 152; irritable, of legs, treat- ment of, 205; of legs, why so fre- quently near the ankle, 206; of rec- tum, 275 ; of rectum, associated with enlarged glands, 286; anal, painful, 286 ; anal, treatment of, by physio- logical rest, 289; anal, producing re- tention of urine, and symptoms of pregnancy, cured by dividing the sphincter, 291; anal, producing pain along the sciatic nerve, cured by division of sphincter, 293.