Notes of Cases Treated in the Puri Pilgrim Hospital

No. I. ? Besiki, 7 years of age, admitted 13th April 1889, is employed in leading her father, who is a beggar and blind. History of a fall, two months before, injuring the left knee-joint. When the patient came to the hospital she was unable to stand and progressed in a sitting posture, pushing herself along with her hands. Stated that she had not been able to stand since the accident, and had adopted the above method of progression since that time. The child, though not stout, was in fairly good health. The muscles of the legs were much wasted, especially the calf muscles of the left leg. The left kneejoint was contracted, so that the heel nearly touched the back of the thigh. The leg could not be extended, and any attempt to straighten the limb caused pain. There was no inflamma-