On the occurrence of non-union after fractures : its causes and treatment / by George W. Norris.

  • Norris, George W. (George Washington), 1808-1875.
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[1842]
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    K) DuP, THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES. JANUARY, 1842. Art. I.—On the occurrence of Non-union after Fractures,- its Causes anil Treatment. By George W. Norris, M.D. One of the Surgeons to the Pennsylvania Hospital. Few subjects in surgery possess so much interest and importance, or have more justly exercised the pens of writers, than injuries to the bones with their consequences, and yet we find at this day many points in relation to them demanding further investigation. Of this kind, is that state of parts following upon a solution of continuity in the bony structure, termed un- united fracture, the causes, pathology, treatment, &c. of which, are all matters upon which very indefinite ideas are held by the great mass of practitioners. Having had my attention particularly drawn to the subject, and finding the great contrariety of opinion that existed among writers and practitioners in regard to the best mode of treatment of this state of parts, I collected together a table of as many of the more complete cases as I found recorded in the works within my reach, with a view to their analysis, for the purpose of satisfying myself on this important point. The tables, together with the analysis made of them, have been very carefully drawn out, and believing them to possess interest, I have ventured to arrange them for publication, in connection with other matter on the sub- ject with which their analysis, and my reading, and personal observations, have furnished me. The single cases which at long intervals meet the eye of the reader, like the results of treatment given by practitioners from recol- lection alone, not unfrequently mislead us, and I am inclined to think, were No. V.—Jan. 1842. 2