THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



B. Tropical Medicine 



Vol. VIII APRIL, 1913 No. 2 



THE BONE LESIONS OF SMALLPOX ' 



SECOND REPORT 



By W. E. MusGRAVE and A. G. SisON 



PATHOLOGICAL REPORT 



By B. C. Crowell 



(From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, College of Medicine 

 and Surgery, University of the Philippines, Manila, P. I.) 



Eleven plates and 5 skiagrams 



Since the publication of our preliminary article on the bone 

 lesions of smallpox,^ we have had the opportunity to study 

 several other cases of which 12 are briefly reported here. Skia- 

 grams were taken of the affected bones and joints; and in one 

 case post-mortem examination was made by Dr. B. C. Crowell ^ 

 and the findings are included as a part of this report. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE LESIONS 



In the preliminary report we stated that "One of the most 

 striking features of the deformities is the constant location 

 of the lesions in the upper extremities." Further study has 

 shown this statement to be an error. 



Any of the bones and joints of the body may be affected. 

 However, the long bones and their articulations are more fre- 



* Read before the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Philippine Islands 

 Medical Association, held in Manila from November 4-7, 1912. 



'This Journal, Sec. B (1910), 5, 553. 



' Chief, department of pathology and bacteriology, College of Medicine 

 and Surgery, University of the Philippines. 



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