The treatment of fractures : with notes upon a few common dislocations / by Charles Locke Scudder.

  • Scudder, Charles L. (Charles Locke), 1860-1949.
Date:
1908, ©1907
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Credit: The treatment of fractures : with notes upon a few common dislocations / by Charles Locke Scudder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The general employment of anesthesia in the examination and the initial treatment of fractures, especially of those near or involving joints, has made diagnosis more accurate and treat- ment more intelligent. The application of the Rontgen ray to the diagnosis of fracture of bone has already contributed much toward an accurate interpretation of the physical signs of frac- ture. This greater certainty in diagnosis has suggested more direct and simpler methods of treatment. Antisepsis has opened to operative surgery a very profitable field in the treatment of fractures. The final results after the open incision of closed fractures emphasize the fact that anesthesia, antisepsis, and the Rontgen ray are making the knowledge of fractures more exact, and their treatment less complicated. The attention of the stu- dent is diverted from theories and apparatus to the actual con- ditions that exist in the fractured bone, and he is encouraged to determine for himself how to meet the conditions found in each individual case of fracture. This book is intended to serve as a guide to the practitioner and student in the treatment of fractures of bone. In the follow- ing pages many of the details in the treatment of fractures are described. So far as possible these details are illustrated. A few very unusual fractures are omitted. Mechanical simplicity is advocated. An exact knowledge of anatomy combined with accurate observation is recognized as the proper basis for the diagnosis and treatment of fractures. The expressions closed and open fracture are used in place of simple and com- pound fracture. Closed and open express definite condi- tions, referring to the freedom from, or liability to, bacterial infec- tion. The old expressions are misleading despite their long usage. Theories of treatment are not discussed. Types of