A concise treatise on dislocations and fractures. : Being a selection from the most approved foreign and English surgical authorities. From the days of Celsus to the present time. Illustrated by eighteen plates, containing nearly fifty examples of the most approved methods of operation and bandaging, etc. etc. To which is now added, for the first time, Antonio Scarpa's Minute anatomy of the bones. Translated from the last Latin edition.

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1835
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Credit: A concise treatise on dislocations and fractures. : Being a selection from the most approved foreign and English surgical authorities. From the days of Celsus to the present time. Illustrated by eighteen plates, containing nearly fifty examples of the most approved methods of operation and bandaging, etc. etc. To which is now added, for the first time, Antonio Scarpa's Minute anatomy of the bones. Translated from the last Latin edition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    more closely approximated to the ilia, and much more elevated than in its natural state; the heads of the ossa femorum were situated higher, the knees carried more inwards, and the thigh shorter than usual. A similar case is recorded by another continental surgical writer. Dislocations of the Patella, This bone may be dislocated upwards, out- wards, and inwards. The dislocation of this bone is easily as- certained by the unusual flatness of the knee on the fore-part, and the displaced patella being distinctly felt. Treatment. The bone is easily reduced by pressure, when the extensors of the leg have been completely relaxed. The inflammation, if any, is to be reduced by the application of leeches, cold water, or evaporating lotions;