Case of Resection of Tibia

The following case is interesting as showing the conservative value of prompt interference in bone disease. Lussoo, a boy ten years of age, was admitted on May 2, 1883, with illness of 20 days' standing ; an abscess over upper half, of the'tibia and acute inflammation of the knee-joint. Treatment.?Aspiration of the abscess showed the tibia bare in its entire circumference. Two days after, with the kind help of Dr. Tajtffe, Civil Surgeon, resection was performed. The head of the bone was inflamed and softened, so was gouged away close to the cartilage, and the whole upper half of the tibia .removed. The periosteum showed signs of new bone formation. The skin over the joint was freely cauterised. Progress. ? Ry the 14th May, ten days after, the whole cavity was filled with granulations. Progress was slow owing to overgrowth of granulations ; finally the wound healed, but the cicatrix ulcerated. The most interesting symptoms were those in connection with the. growth of bone. The fibula grew rapidly, and in so doing