The fixative power of traction in the treatment of hip disease / by A.B. Judson.

  • Judson, Adoniram Brown, 1837-1916.
Date:
1883
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Credit: The fixative power of traction in the treatment of hip disease / by A.B. Judson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    THE TREATMENT OF HIP DISEASE. That traction possesses to a certain degree the power of fixing the joints of the extremities is not a new idea in surgery. It was entertained in the last century by Desault, whose apparatus for fracture of the femur is described as follows: “This consists, to speak in gen- eral terms, in taking the points of extension above, on the tuberosity of the os ischium of the diseased side, and below, on the malleoli; in securing the straps or rollers, destined for making extension, on the two ends of a strong splint, placed along the outside of the limb ; and in converting, so to speak, the pelvis, the thigh, the leg, and the foot, into one entire and solid piece.”1 In 1835 Lesauvage wrote that one of the objects of con- tinued extension in the treatment of hip disease is to prevent motion.2 Mr. Liston, seeking to disparage the use of the weight and pulley in the treatment of hip dis- ease, said : “ All this may amuse the patient’s mind, per- haps, but I do not think any good can come of it further than preventing motion.” 3 M. Philipeaux writes, that in the absence of retentive splints, traction may be em- 1 Treatise on Fractures, p. 243. Translated by Charles Caldwell, M.T). Phila- delphia, 1817. 2 Arch, gen., p. 280. November, 1835. 8 Lancet, pp. 237, 238. November 25, 1843.