Excerpt from On the Mechanical Treatment of Disease of the Hip-Joint Cases having abscesses at some time during the progress of the disease were 74, or 31% per cent. The number applying in an early stage of the disease was 86, or 36% per cent. Those applying in the later stages of the disease, often with abscesses and great distortion, embraced 150, or 68% per cent. The above statements, copied from the records of the Orthopaedic Dispensary and Hospital, differ from those obtained in our private practice in the follow ing particulars. 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.

Excerpt from On Hip-Joint Disease: With Reference Especially to Treatment by Mechanical Means, for the Relief of Contraction and Deformity of the Affected Limb The recent advances of science, especially in the department known as orthopaedic surgery, have gra dually shown to the world that many deformities of this class admit of alleviation to a much greater extent than in former ages appeared to be practicable, and it therefore appears somewhat singular, and may afford some ground for the accusation of supineness on the part of surgical practitioners, that more numerous and successful attempts have not been made of late years to adopt improved methods of treatment. 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.

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Excerpt from Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints: With Their Deformities, Treated by a New and Efficient Method But that these conclusions will at length be accepted, and the theory will be one day acknow ledged, just as the practice has been already adopted, I have not the slightest doubt. Some have admired the form of my splints and have complimented me as though I were only an ingenious blacksmith, a matter satisfactory, so far as it goes. Such a compliment was not anticipated by me. So very few have understood the principles of the treatment, as I have endeavoured to explain them in previous editions, that I am induced once more to propound and amplify the details of what I hold to be the correct theory, for, assuredly, the surgeon who is guided by a knowledge of the right theory of treatment - though his mechanical aid be limited to a broomstick and a bandage - 2 will be more successful than he who is deficient in this knowledge, though backed by the arsenal of a Weiss or a Charriere. This volume is devoted solely to improving the treatment, and the elucidation of the principles which are supposed to guide it. It will, probably, be my last contribution to this department of surgery, as I hope to see more able workmen enter afield in which there is scope enough for the highest ability. 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.

Excerpt from On the Mechanical Treatment of Chronic Inflammation of the Joints of the Lower Extremities: With a Description of Some New Apparatus for Producing Extension at the Knee and Ankle-Joints The causes, pathology, and symptoms of the various diseases of the joints have been so accurately described by Brodie, Barwell, Guerin, Bouvier, and others, as well as in the numerous mono graphs upon the subject, that it would be superfluous to repeat their description. The fact, also, that. Chronic inflammation of any joint produces reflex contractions, causing deformity and severer pain, by increasing pressure on the diseased surfaces, thus making extension and counter-extension a necessary part of the treatment, has been so fully proved by myself and others who have written on this topic, and is now so generally admitted, that no further comments are necessary. It is, in addition, acknowledged that the confinement, formerly necessary to produce the requisite extension and counter-extension, was so injurious to the general health of the patient, that the ad vantages were sometimes overbalanced, and exercise in the open air became a necessity in order to save life, even at the expense of a deformed limb. Moreover, the immense advantage given to patients with disease of the hip-joint, since the introduction of mechanical appliances, which allow exercise without discontinuing the extension, is so evident, that no one at all conversant with the disease and its proper treatment, will attempt to deny it. The object of the present paper is, therefore, to show the prae tical utility of this very principle of treatment to the diseases of the knee and ankle-joints, even when they have extended to suppu ration and caries; and to illustrate it by the narration of some cases which have come under my personal 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.

Excerpt from On the Disease of the Hip-Joint The disease which forms the subject of the present work has engaged my attention for some years past. In 1831, two lectures on the subject, which I had delivered at the General Dispensary, were published in the Medical Gazette; and, since that period, I have had various opportunities of watching the disease in all its stages and forms. 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.