Treatment of fractures of long bones by simple extension / by John Swinburne.

  • Swinburne, John, 1820-1889.
Date:
1861
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Credit: Treatment of fractures of long bones by simple extension / by John Swinburne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    bush, in eight weeks from the date of accident. No distortion or shortening. (Without splints.) 0. H., aged 14, fracture of lower third of femur; extension discontinued in four weeks; pretty firm; union in three weeks; walking with cane and crutch in six weeks; no distortion or shortening. (Treated without splints.) P. 11., aged 9 years, fracture of upper third of femur; union firm in three weeks; extension discontinued in four weeks ; walked with cane and crutch in six weeks; no distortion or shortening. (Treated without splints.) Hon. John Evers, aged 42 years, oblique fracture of femur at upper third, from being thrown violently against the curb-stone by a run-away horse. Extension, continued for six weeks; dis- charged in ten weeks, with limb less than half an inch short, while he maintains that there is no difference. For this case I am indebted to Dr. S. 0. Vanderpoel, of this city. F. Ma, aged 18, fractures of femur, tibia and fibula; treated as described in hospital patient, with like accident; union firm in four weeks ; extension discontinued in six weeks ; walked with cane and crutch in eight weeks; no distortion or shortening. (Treated without splints.) J. C, aged 40, compound fracture of upper third of femur; union firm in six weeks; walked in nine weeks; no distortion or shortening. (Treated without splints.) P. F., aged 32, fracture of middle third of femur ; union firm in five weeks; walked in eight weeks, with crutch and cane. McW., aged 9 years, fracture of lower third of femur; union firm at three weeks; extension discontinued in four weeks and three days ; no distortion or shortening. (Treated without splints.) D. W. Wilson, aged nine years, received Oct. 20, 1859 ; com- minuted fracture of the femur through the middle third, by being crushed by the wheel of a truck, which with its load of three tons passed over his thigh. Extension and counter-extension applied, without splints, and continued for six week. Union in twenty-five days; walked in seven weeks. Owing to the splinter- ing of the bone he was confined to the bed longer than would be necessary under ordinary circumstances. Now (12 weeks) he is as well as ever, and the limb as perfect as before the injury. Master Warren, aged ten years, received Nov. 28, 1860; com- minuted fracture of the femur through the middle third, by the