Improved appliances for the mechanical treatment of joints / by Charles Frederick Stillman.

  • Stillman, Charles F. (Charles Frederick)
Date:
1878
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improved appliances for the mechanical treatment of joints / by Charles Frederick Stillman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    thigh when the limb is flexed. The apparatus is applied as detailed in the foregoing indication, and after a few hours the splint will have become suf- ficiently solid to allow the bridge-joint to be regulated. This is done by means of the rachets above and below it. In some cases ?. simple bracket, provided with the rachet described on page 3, and depicted in Fig. 7, may be made to fulfill the indications by the removal of one of the thumb-screws and fastening the other opposite the joint. It may seem inadvisable in many cases to maintain the limb constantly extended. For such a bracket may be made to allow motion in the knee and yet not seriously impair the usefulness of the hip-splint. It is composed of per- forated zinc plates, connected by a bridge provided with a sliding joint, and is Fig. 9. applied as shown in the cut (see Fig. 9). If desired a similar appliance may be used for the ankle, thus liberating all the joints and yet supporting the limb thoroughly.