An account of a new method of treating diseases of the joints of the knee and elbow, in a letter to Mr. Percival Pott / [H. Park].

  • Park, H. (Henry), 1745-1831
Date:
[1783]
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Credit: An account of a new method of treating diseases of the joints of the knee and elbow, in a letter to Mr. Percival Pott / [H. Park]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    them out of all hazard. In the knee there was much more room for apprehenfion on this fcore,the Popliteal Veflels palling fo im- mediately between the Condyles of the Fe- mur ; I was however of opinion, that they might be avoided without much difficulty; but this was eafily determined by experiment on the dead fubjedt; with this view, there- fore, as well as to determine the mode of operating, the following trials were made in the Spring of 1781. An incilion was made, beginning about two inches above the upper end of the Pa- tella, and continued about as far below its lower extremity 5 another, croffing this at right angles, immediately above the Patella, the leg being in an extended ftate, was made through the tendons of the Extenfor Mufcles down to the bone, and nearly half round the limb; the lower angles formed by thefe in- cilions, were raifed fo as to lay bare the capfu- lar ligament; the Patella was then taken out; the