Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints: With Their Deformities, Treated by a New and Efficient MethodH.K. Lewis, 1878 - 283 pages |
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Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints and Their Treatment by a New and ... Hugh Owen 1834-1891 Thomas No preview available - 2018 |
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ablution abscess acetabulum action acute advised anchylosis angle ankle joint ankylosis antiseptic apparatus appears applied arrest articular inflammation articulation aspiration bandage Bauer Blister bone chronic inflammation commenced condition consulted continued contraction correct counter-irritation crutches cure defect diagnosis distension effusion excision exsection extension femur fixation fixed flexed flexion fluid foot fracture frequently friction hip appliance hip joint immobility inches incision inflamed joint injurious instrument iodine irritation knee appliance knee joint lecture ligamentum patella manipulation mechanical treatment ment months muscles muscular noticed observation open method operation opinion Orthopedic Surgery pain passive motion patient patten pelvis period plate portion posterior practice present pressure principles pulley recovered recovery reduction of deformity relieved remedy resolution result rotation Sayre Sayre's shortening slight sound limb spine splint stage stiffness suffering suppuration surgeon surgery surgical symptoms synovitis Taylor tenotomy theory thigh tibia tion treated United States Surgeon upright usually weeks weight and pulley wound
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Page 40 - These must be continued until the limb is well atrophied around the great trochanter ; the outline of which should be more discernable than that of the sound side. Now we come to the third stage. The patient takes off the framework in bed, and replaces it during the day, still using the crutch and patten for a certain period. We now arrive at the fourth stage. The patient totally discards the frame, and uses the crutch and patten only.
Page 30 - Fig. 2 in plate 5 shews the upper ring modelled to the outline of the trunk, which is oval in shape. It is important to give the upper crescent this oval shape, to assist in arresting the machine from rotating from its position behind the body ; and inversion of the limb.
Page 10 - THOMAS, H. 0. Diseases of the Hip-, Knee-, and Ankle-Joints, Liverpool, second edition, 1876, p. 10 : " Continuity of extension, per se, is not a remedy in hip-joint disease, as I shall subsequently show ; in its application it involves unavoidably a fractional degree of fixation which is sufficient to mask the evil of this ridiculous malpractice.
Page 29 - ... in a perpendicular line downwards over the lumbar region, across the pelvis slightly external, but close to, the posterior superior spinous process of the ilium...
Page 197 - ... of which the commonweal may have the advantage. By fixed, definite, and consummate, I mean a line of practice which has been based and built upon a sufficient number of experiments, and has in that manner been proved competent to the cure of diseases.
Page 226 - ... joint, the exigency of arresting motion to save the joint from immediate pain causes the muscles to take on a contraction of such a rigid and permanent character as to be a condition of perpetual wounding of the parts. Their own excessive action as well as their inelasticity constitutes a continued source of severest injury. Hence, there is established a selfcontinuing traumatic condition calculated to increase and prolong any diseased action once commenced in this joint ; the more the disease...
Page 241 - When the joint is filled with liquid acting like a foreign body, as in the ankle-joint,' it is advisable to give the patient the benefit of the doubt...
Page 250 - ... loop a cord to which is attached a weight playing over a pulley at the side of the bed. If the bowels are constipated, cathartics as a matter of course are indicated ; and all the secretions and functions of the body must be carefully looked to and kept as nearly in a normal condition as possible. This plan is to be pursued until the more acute symptoms have subsided ; but as the disease is chronic in its nature, time, as well as rest, is a very important element in its treatment. And as long...
Page 267 - The greatest amount to which the surface of the head of the femur can be separated from that of the acetabulum cannot be more than about the tenth of an inch. And it is very difficult to preserve efficient extension and counter-extension within this range > for the parts cannot be acted upon as if they were parallel metal plates to be adjusted by a screw ; they must be controlled through the agency of perineal bands and strapping fixed upon the skin, and all these are apt to give when they are subjected...