Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations / by H. Helferich ; auth. tr. from the German, ed. by Joseph C. Bloodgood.

  • Helferich, H. (Heinrich), 1851-1945.
Date:
1902
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Credit: Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations / by H. Helferich ; auth. tr. from the German, ed. by Joseph C. Bloodgood. 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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    PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION The present edition has been enriched by the addition of nine skiagraphs and twenty-one text figures. The text of the epitome has been enlarged and corrected. The original intention of retaining the character of an epitome, and describing important matters more fully at the expense of questions of great rarity, has been adhered to. Ac- cordingly, I refrained from inserting, from the wealth of my skiagraphs, reproductions of rare conditions. On the other hand, the reader will find many new Rontgen-ray pictures illustrating the commoner fractures. To assist in the understanding of the Rontgen-ray plates,—and I have no doubt many think this a very difficult matter,—I have taken skiagraphs of normal joints and added an explan- atory outline sketch carefully prepared by Dr. Werner. It is to be regretted that we do not as yet possess any method of reproduction which would enable us to present pictures approaching in excellence the Rontgen-ray plates. Many of the Rontgen-ray pictures were reproduced directly from original plates of larger size (as, for instance, the nine plates representing normal structures, Plate 6, and text- figures 97, 105, 106, 156, 157, and 158). Others were reproduced from drawings by Dr. Werner, copied from original plates and photographs. These are Plate 7, and the text-figures 2, 3, CoQ, 76, 80, 82, 87, 90, and others.