An account of a new method of treating fractured legs. Read before the Royal Society of London, on February 12, 1767. To which is prefixed a letter on that subject to James Parsons. M.D., a member of that respectable society, dated November 6, 1766 / [William Sharp].

  • Sharp, William, M.D.
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[1767]
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Credit: An account of a new method of treating fractured legs. Read before the Royal Society of London, on February 12, 1767. To which is prefixed a letter on that subject to James Parsons. M.D., a member of that respectable society, dated November 6, 1766 / [William Sharp]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fart, but decreafing upwards to receive the Malleolus externus, or lower Extremity of the Fibula.* Fig. IT. reprefents the Leg raifed up, to Ihew the Situation of the under Splint when properly applied. Fig. III. reprefents a fradlured Leg when laid within the Splints, according to the Method I am about to recommend, having the Stocking-Foot (or Sock) and Shoe upon it. The darken Shade in this and Fig. II. being intended to fhew that Part of the Splints within the Shoe. . Fig. IV. A, the upper Splint. E,B,B, the Pins. C, the Leather Loop to receive the Foot-Strao* Fig. V. A many-tailed Bandage, made of Slips of Raffia Linen, regularly increaf- ing in Length, from twelve or fourteen, to eighteen or twenty Inches, according to the