Excerpt from On the Diseases and Injuries of the Joints, Clinical and Pathological Observations It is not to be regarded as a complete treatise upon these important and interesting subjects, but simply as the record of much personal investigation, and of some experience. The consideration of the diseases of the joints has been based upon pathological inquiries, which have extended over a period of some years; and the injuries of the joints are illustrated by cases which have, with but few exceptions, passed under my own observation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.