A Case of Chronic Staphylococcal Abscess of the Patella

a month. Gradually the swelling subsided and he commenced to get about again. For some time, the knee swelled after walking for any length of time. This, too, had ceased to occur for perhaps three months before coming for recruitment. He passed the medical examination, and was duly sent to a depot for training, where he had been eleven weeks doing all that was demanded of him, when he noticed that after strenuous exercise the knee became slightly swollen and stiff. This, however, passed off during the nights, and he was quite ready to carry out his duties in the mornings again. For two weeks this swelling and stiffness did not so inconvenience him that he could not do duty, but during this last week the knee has tended to remain swollen in spite of the night's rest, and there has appeared a definitely painful spot