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Multiple Exostoses of Limbs 483
140. Multiple Cartilaginous Exostoses 484
141. Multiple Cartilaginous Exostoses 486
142. Multiple Chondromas of Phalanges and Metacarpals 488
143. Skiagram of Multiple Chondromas 489
144. Multiple Chondromas in Hand 490
145. Radiogram of Myeloma of Humerus 492
146. Periosteal Sarcoma of Femur 493
147. Periosteal Sarcoma of Humerus 493
148. Chondro-Sarcoma of Scapula 494
149. Central Sarcoma of Femur invading Knee Joint 495
150. Osseous Shell of Osteo-Sarcoma of Femur 495
151. Radiogram of Osteo-Sarcoma of Femur 496
152. Radiogram of Chondro-Sarcoma of Humerus 497
153. Epitheliomatus Ulcer of Leg invading Tibia 499
154. Osseous Ankylosis of Femur and Tibia 503
155. Osseous Ankylosis of Knee 504
156. Caseating focus in Upper End of Fibula 513
157. Arthritis Deformans of Elbow 525
158. Arthritis Deformans of Knee 526
159. Hypertrophied Fringes of Synovial Membrane of Knee 527
160. Arthritis Deformans of Hands 529
161. Arthritis Deformans of several Joints 530
162. Bones of Knee in Charcot's Disease 533
163. Charcot's Disease of Left Knee 534
164. Charcot's Disease of both Ankles: front view 535
165. Charcot's Disease of both Ankles: back view 536
166. Radiogram of Multiple Loose Bodies in Knee-joint 540
167. Loose Body from Knee-joint 541
168. Multiple partially ossified Chondromas of Synovial 542 Membrane from Shoulder-joint
169. Multiple Cartilaginous Loose Bodies from Knee-joint 543

MANUAL OF SURGERY

CHAPTER I
REPAIR
Introduction--Process of repair--Healing by primary union--Granulation tissue--Cicatricial tissue--Modifications of process of repair--Repair in individual tissues--Transplantation or grafting of tissues--Conditions--Sources of grafts--Grafting of individual tissues--Methods.
INTRODUCTION
To prolong human life and to alleviate suffering are the ultimate objects of scientific medicine. The two great branches of the healing art--Medicine and Surgery--are so intimately related that it is impossible to draw a hard-and-fast line between them, but for convenience Surgery may be defined as "the art of treating lesions and malformations of the human body by manual operations, mediate and immediate." To apply his art intelligently and successfully, it is essential that the surgeon should be conversant not only with the normal anatomy and physiology of the body and with the various pathological conditions to which it is liable, but also with the nature of the process by which repair of injured or diseased tissues is effected. Without this knowledge he is unable to recognise such deviations from the normal as result from mal-development, injury, or disease, or rationally to direct his efforts towards the correction or removal of these.
PROCESS OF REPAIR
The process of repair in living tissue depends upon an inherent power possessed by vital cells of reacting to the irritation caused by injury or disease. The cells of the damaged tissues, under the influence of this irritation, undergo certain proliferative changes, which are designed to restore the normal structure and configuration of the part. The process by which this restoration is effected is essentially the same in all tissues, but the extent to which different tissues can carry the recuperative process varies. Simple structures, such as skin, cartilage, bone, periosteum, and tendon, for example, have a high power of regeneration, and in them the reparative process may result in almost perfect restitution to the normal. More complex structures, on the other hand, such as secreting glands, muscle, and the tissues of the central nervous system, are but imperfectly restored, simple cicatricial connective tissue taking the place of what has been lost or destroyed. Any given tissue can be replaced only by tissue of a similar kind, and in a damaged part each element takes its share in the reparative process by producing new material which approximates more or less closely to the normal according to the recuperative capacity of the particular tissue. The normal process of repair may be interfered with by various extraneous agencies, the most important of which are infection by disease-producing micro-organisms, the presence of foreign substances, undue movement of the affected part, and improper applications and dressings. The effect of these agencies is to delay repair or to prevent the individual tissues carrying the process to the furthest degree of which they are capable.
In the management of wounds and other diseased conditions the main object of the surgeon is to promote the natural reparative process by preventing or eliminating any factor by which it may be disturbed.
#Healing by Primary Union.#--The most favourable conditions for the progress of the reparative process are to be found in a clean-cut wound of the integument, which is uncomplicated by loss of tissue, by the presence of foreign substances, or by infection with disease-producing micro-organisms, and its edges are in contact. Such a wound in virtue of the absence of infection is said to be aseptic, and under these conditions healing takes place by what is called "primary union"--the "healing by first intention" of the older writers.
#Granulation Tissue.#--The essential and invariable medium of repair in all structures is an elementary form of new tissue known as _granulation tissue_, which is produced in the damaged area in response to the irritation caused by injury or disease. The vital reaction induced