Osteopathic diagnosis and technique : with chapters on osteopathic landmarks / by Myron H. Bigsby.

  • Bigsby, Myron H.
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[1907], ©1907
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Credit: Osteopathic diagnosis and technique : with chapters on osteopathic landmarks / by Myron H. Bigsby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Fern. FEMUR. BU. BACKWARD AND UPV/ARD. D. DIRECT REDUCTION OF LESION. (Feni.BU.D. ) i. TROCHANTER FULCRUM WITH LEG AND THIGH LEVERAGE. (Leg short and toes point inward.) On dorsum of illium. NOTE: Traction and muscular relaxing may preceed treatment. POSTURE. Patient supine. Operator at side. POSITION. First. Hand one on knee. Hand two across instep, grasping heel. ACTION. First. Flex knee at right angles. ACTION. Second. Adduct diagonally up and across to carry head forward and below acetabulum. POSITION. Second. Change hand one to sup- port great trochanter by doubhng up the fist with radial side up and chin or axilla to hook over knee. PRINCIPLE. Hand one is fixed as a fulcrum and thigh as a lever, with pelvis as the weight, acting as a claw hammer drawing a nail. ACTION. Third. Abduct knee, swinging feet outward and heel inward—to throw or draw head up into acetabulum from below.