Description of an apparatus intended to facilitate the treatment of fractures of the lower extremity / by T.M. Greenhow.

  • Greenhow T. M. (Thomas Michael), 1791-1881.
Date:
1833
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Description of an apparatus intended to facilitate the treatment of fractures of the lower extremity / by T.M. Greenhow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    who have witnessed the ease and precision with which it is capable of reducing the fractured bone, as well as of maintaining it in its proper position with undeviating exactness. It must not be assumed, then, that, because the immense power of the screw might, by possibility, lead to mischievous results when injudiciously used, it is not, therefore, well fitted for surgical purposes. Its excellency is greatly dependent upon its power, and it is the duty of every Surgeon to employ it, in common with every other surgical agent, with a due degree of intelligence and caution. The lancet, the scalpel, or the saw, are agents of fearful mischief in the hands of empirical rashness and ignorance, but of undeniable benefit when di- rected by science, judgment, and practical skill.