Cases with observations on wry neck ; on the reduction of luxations of the shoulder joint ; on the operation for hare lip ; on cartilaginous substances of the knee joint ; on aneurism ; on the use of the extract of stramonium, and on the extraction of a gum elastic catheter from the bladder, by an incision above the pubis, under singular circumstances / by John Kirby.

  • Kirby, John Timothy, 1781-1853.
Date:
1819
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Credit: Cases with observations on wry neck ; on the reduction of luxations of the shoulder joint ; on the operation for hare lip ; on cartilaginous substances of the knee joint ; on aneurism ; on the use of the extract of stramonium, and on the extraction of a gum elastic catheter from the bladder, by an incision above the pubis, under singular circumstances / by John Kirby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ of my neck, and how painful any “ violent exertion of my right arm was. “ I have already told you, that I did not feel these inconveniences so much “ when a boy ; I felt them increasing “ with my years. I am now confident, ‘f had I not fallen into your hands, my cc head, or rather neck, would be im- “ moveable. I have further to add, that “ I have never since experienced the “ slightest pain or uneasiness in the part operated on ; on the contrary, when “ confined for six months by a violent t “ rheumatism, I was not affected in my “ right shoulder, though violently so in “ my left, I have said so much of myself, ‘C because I feel anxious, that any feh- “ low-creature afflicted as I was, should “ not delay a moment obtaining relief; “ the pain of which, an infant, after “ the first moment, could bear; I wish “ that your patient could see me, The