Case I.
A. B., a female child, having blue eyes, light hair, and a fair
complexion, in the early part of the year 1838, being then two years of
age, had an enlargement of the left knee joint. For some weeks previous
to this time, there had been a degree of heat about the part; but as no
pain apparently existed, it was not regarded as of any consequence, and
nothing was done. The child, living in the neighbourhood of London, was
afterwards placed under medical treatment. Two or three months having
elapsed, it was brought to town, and shown to me, in consequence of a
slight tumefaction over the lower part of the spine. This soon
disappeared under the measures employed, and eventually the disease of
the knee (evidently scrofulous) was arrested, so that now the case
promises to be cured; but the joint will for ever be stiff, and the
limb thus affected shorter than the other.
Case II.
G. B., the brother of the above, a handsome boy, with light hair, fine
blue eyes,--indeed, very much like his little sister,--in the year
1836, had enlargements of the glands in his neck, which were relieved
by the treatment resorted to.
In April, 1839, being then eight years old, he was observed by his
mother to limp slightly in walking, but complained of little or no
pain.
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