Orthopraxy : the mechanical treatment of deformities, debilities, and deficiencies of the human frame / by Henry Heather Bigg.

  • Bigg, Henry Heather, 1826-1881.
Date:
1869
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Credit: Orthopraxy : the mechanical treatment of deformities, debilities, and deficiencies of the human frame / by Henry Heather Bigg. 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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    afforded that the impetus then given has borne abundant and highly valuable fruit. Deficiency of Eye.—Loss of an eye is one of the most grievous sources of deformity. Although Pare pointed out, in the sixteenth century, in what manner this defect might be remedied, it was not until a comparatively recent period in the present century that a thoroughly satisfactory artificial eye was produced. Now, however, so exquisite an imitation is made of the missing organ, whatever its hue, that it is impossible to distinguish the real from the artificial eye, when the latter is fixed, in its place, without a close inspection. If the ball of the eye be retained, and preserve its mobility, the difficulty of detection becomes still greater. The artificial eye is made of glass, '^'^ counterfeited and enamelled, as Pare writes, so that it may seem to have the brightness and gemmy decency of the natural eie.^^ The relief of deformity arising from deficiencies of the teeth has become the duty of a separate profession, and needs no comments here.