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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    Dr. Barclay of Edinburgh, in his work on the muscular motions of the human body, most zealously endeavours to dis¬ suade practitioners from the division of the sterno-cleido-mastoideus under any circumstances. 44 The vulgar notion,” says the doctor, 44 that the sterno-mas- 44 toidei are the only, or principle, rota- “ Cujus amputatio capiti actutum restituit integrum erec- “ tioris figurae usum, ac libertatem sese quocunque locorum “ movendi. Qua tamen ne abuteretur, circumpositae capiti “ fu£re variae fasciae, quibus deinde, ob vulnus brevi “ consolidatum, amotis, permansit tamen aliquandiu inve- “ terata ilia inclinatio in latus affectum, aded difficile est “ longam corrigere consuetudinem. “ Quisquis vero deinceps ancipiti, ac periculosae buic “ subjicieris aleae, nedesperes iterum fieri posse, quae semel “ facta sunt. Sed scito tria praecipud vilanda, & primum <( quidem ; ne crustam cuti inuras, utpote quae aded non “ profuit dolori, ut prids multum nocuerit cdm visui, turn “ incidenti scalpello. Deinde ne improvide secando magis <£ jugules, quam cures aegrum. Danda adhaec opera, ne “ identidem, ac interpolatis vicibus, sed simul ac semel, “ attamen caute, integrum musculum praecidas. In quo “ potissimum liujus curationis momentum. Quae certd ani- “ madversio ut Chirurgo ex farnA, sic aegro non par dm ex (t usu erit.” Tulpii Observationes Medicae Lib. iv. p. 372.