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

  • Bigsby, Myron H.
Date:
[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, FU. FORWARD AND UPWARD, L INDIRECT REDUCTION. (Fem.FU.I.) i. On crest of pubis. (Toe always out.) As patient lies, then sits, leg lengthens. FIRST POSTURE. Patient on side, lesion up. POSITION. Hand one on knee. Hand two on hip. SECOND POSTURE. Roll on face. FIRST ACTION. Hyperextend thigh by hand one lifting knee and hand two forcing hip to table. SECOND. Assume first position and flex thigh slightly, and THIRD. Attempting to lift head over pubic crest with the aid of assistant holding upper thigh irr a sling, or having a swing as a fulcrum,, using femur as a lever to pry it over. Fern. FEMUR. FD. FORWARD AND DOWNWARD, I. INDIRECT REDUCTION- (Toe in or out.) (Patient lies, then sits, and leg lengthens.) POSTURE. Patient supine. Operator at side. POSITION. Hand one on knee. Hand two grasps feet. ACTION, a. Flex knee and thigh on abdomen. b. Carry knee diagonally upward and inward. c. Continuing to make forcible internal circum- duction. d. Extension.