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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 368 of 653by a starched bandage is only borne if the bones are not too muchdiseased ; it has the double advantage of antagonizing the swelliand protecting the limb during motion. It has the best effect, ifthe abscess has already broke, for, in such a case, the bandage mdecidedly promotes the course of the suppurative process. Amputation is only advisable if the joint is utterly disorganized andconstitution begins to show signs of failing under the constantpain and loss of fluids.c. Inflammation of the Tarsus.The inflammation is either seated in the bones or where theyarticulate with those of the metatarsus ; or else in the articulaof the tarsus and tibia, or in both localities at the same time.Here, too, mechanical injuries are rarely the cause of the inflammation. An inflammation of the metatarsus is particularly metwith among children and during the age of pubescence; an inflammation of the tibio-tarsal articulation occurs more frequently amadults.The symptoms are most commonly the following : At first a painis felt in walking, particularly during certain positions of thein a state of rest the pain subsides almost entirely. Gradually tjoint begins to swell, the swelling increasing more and more andgradually extending over the whole foot ; at the same time thepains increase, become continuous, and walking is entirely out ofthe question. At last the pus finds an outlet in one or more placIn &vorable cases the suppuration now decreases, the strength28434 Uiseases of the Boifes, Muscles, and Articulations.keeps up, the fistulous openings close, although sometimes not tiyears have elapsed. Or else, the swelling continues to increase eafter the bursting of the abscess, the foot becomes completely ditorted, and hectic fever is the unavoidable consequence.The course of the disease always exceeds one and even moreyears, until the pus escapes outwardly. At all times life is indanger even in the case of children; adults succumb almost alwayswith scarce an exception.A peculiar form of tarsal inflammation is a flat foot. Sometimesit affects already small children, although it is only slightly doped at that age; it mostly shows itself after pubescence, mostgenerally among males if they suddenly grow up in height. Everytime after the foot is perseveringly used, violent pains are expeenced in the joint, which becomes stiff after walking, with inabito stand upon the affected limb. On the inside a little swellingperceived under the malleolus. Little by little the foot loses ithttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt