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Title: Diseases of the hip, knee, and ankle joints : with their deformities, treated by a new and efficient method
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Thomas, Hugh Owen, 1834-1891 Parker, Rushton, 1847-1932
Subjects: Hip joint Knee Ankle Hip Joint Knee Ankle Joint Diseases
Publisher: London : H.K. Lewis
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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an easilybe set aside by children, who will not give thesurgeon that co-operation which can be had fromadults. An adult will do very well with a rise offrom one to two inches where a child requiresfrom four to six. There is another fault thismodification possesses, namely, too much padding ;much is an evil, none is a luxury. Iron andsimple basil leather are alone most comfortable,or, one layer of flannel or felt at most, on theanterior surface only. Fig. 8, is the concoction of some thickheadedmechanic who did not know how to fix the uppercross piece without the stays B and C. Figs. 3, 5, 6 and 7, are diagrams of modes ofapplication practised at four separate PublicCharities, not one of the splints being so applied as tosecure the utmost possible benefit from it. Fig. 7,shows a cavity in the bed to allow motion of theknee-joint lest it should anchylose ! This modeldoes not extend below the knee, a matter, combinedwith other defects, rendering the appliance ofvery little value. Plate 1
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Plate 1. Fig. I, Bonnets Grand appareil. Fig. 2, Davis Hip appliance. Fig. 3, Sayres Hip appliance. Fig. 4, Taylors Hip appliance. Fig- 5> Washburns Hip splint. Fig. 6, Hutchinsons, of Brooklyn, Hip splint. Fig. 7, Dr. Andrews, of Chicago, Ischiaticcrutch. Fig. 8, Bauers Hip appliance. Fig. 10, Hamiltons Hip splint i Plate 2. Represents the mode of handling the patientwith splint applieddiseasesofhipkne1878thom

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