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Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.

Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).

Chinese woodcut: Fixation appliance for injured kneecap

SEM of fracture through new bone

Abnormal heads and skulls, fractured and bandaged clavicle and a broken (?) leg bandaged in a splint. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger.

Essays on several important subjects in surgery: chiefly on the nature and cure of fractures of the long bones of the extremities. Particularly those of the thigh and leg, whether simple of compound : for which a new method of retention is proposed. The whole illustrated with cooper-plates / [John Aitken].

Chinese woodcut: Bone-setting devices

<p>The purpose of this film was to disseminate a report by the BMA in 1935 on the revised principles of treating fractures. The four principles the film would like to uphold in the care of the patient is segregation, continuity of supervision, after-care and unity of control. The film starts with shots of the waiting room, a young man is then booked by the almoner. The patient goes in to the examination room. The film follows the patient and is particularly good at showing the transition from department to department and all the medical staff in situ. He has his arm x-rayed. The young man receives light anaesthesia and has his arm put in plaster. He is instructed on which exercises to do.  There are shots in a women's ward; a woman has her hands submerged in a sink which bubbles away. In a gymnasium, male patients who have had various injuries demonstrate their mobility and strength. A man lifts a wheelbarrow with clearly heavy paving stones in, then lifts one repeatedly. Ends suddenly. 1 segment.</p>

1 encoded moving image (11:37 min.) : silent, black and white

The functional treatment of fractures. Part One.

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457 pages : including frontispiece, illustrations, plate ; 26 cm

The treatment of fractures / Charles Locke Scudder ... Assisted by Frederic J. Cotton, M.D.

Outline of fractures : including joint injuries / by John Crawford Adams.

2 unnumbered pages, 150 , 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

x pages, 1 unnumbered leaf, 314 pages : illustrations ; (8vo)

A treatise on fractures in the vicinity of the joints, and on certain forms of accidental and congenital dislocations.

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Fractures

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The functional treatment of fractures. Part One.

The treatment of fractures / Charles Locke Scudder ... Assisted by Frederic J. Cotton, M.D.

Outline of fractures : including joint injuries / by John Crawford Adams.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

A treatise on fractures in the vicinity of the joints, and on certain forms of accidental and congenital dislocations.

Wellcome uses cookies.

Fractures

Images

Catalogue

The functional treatment of fractures. Part One.

The treatment of fractures / Charles Locke Scudder ... Assisted by Frederic J. Cotton, M.D.

Outline of fractures : including joint injuries / by John Crawford Adams.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

A treatise on fractures in the vicinity of the joints, and on certain forms of accidental and congenital dislocations.

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