This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ...patient resting upon his back, the surgeon, in the case of the right thigh, seizing the knee with his left hand and the ankle with his right, flexes the leg to a right angle with the thigh. Then the thigh is flexed to about a right angle with the body, then abducted and rotated outward. In case this ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ...patient resting upon his back, the surgeon, in the case of the right thigh, seizing the knee with his left hand and the ankle with his right, flexes the leg to a right angle with the thigh. Then the thigh is flexed to about a right angle with the body, then abducted and rotated outward. In case this method fails, Sir Astley Cooper recommends extension by means of the pulleys, in the direction of the axis of the limb. Dislocation into the Isehiatic N0tch.--Reducion is efl'ected by the same manipulation which has already been described for dislocation upon the dorsum. If, during the manipulation, the thigh is very much flexed upon the abdomen, there is great danger that the head of the femur will be carried around the lower margin of the acetabulum into the thyroid foramen. If this happens, reverse manipulation will restore the head of the femur to its original dislocation. This dislocation may also be reduced by extension applied in the same manner as for dislocation upon the dorsum, only that the thigh must be more flexed while the extension is made. Dislocation upon the I l1bes.--Sig12s.--The leg is generally shortened, abducted slightly, and rotated outward, and the head or neck of the femur may be felt over the horizontal ramus of the pubes. Reduction.--lf the head of the femur has passed above, while the neck rests upon the pubis, extension must precede manipulation, or, if manipulation is at once employed, the first step will be to rotate the thigh outward and abduct it very forcibly, so as to throw the head upon the pubes; after which, forced flexion; adduction, and rotation inward will carry the head into the acetabulum. Dislocation int0 the Obtnrator Foramen.--Opwation for Reduction.--The patient resting upon his back, a...
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Add this copy of A Hand-Book of Medical and Surgical Reference to cart. $84.50, fair condition, Sold by UHR Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hollis Center, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1873 by William Wood & Co..
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Reading Copy Only. Book VERY RARE copy of this 19th century work by John Wyeth, who founded the pharmaceutical company Wyeth, aka American Home Products Corporation, now owned by Pfizer. He and his brother Frank opened their first apothecary shop on Walnut Street in Philadelphia, and in 1864 they began supplying medicines and beef extract to the Union army during the Civil War. This copy has the boards and endpapers detached (but present), lacks the spine strip, and is a good candidate for professional rebinding.
