A treatise on the fractures of the lower end of the radius, on fractures of the clavicle (and their treatment by a new clavicular apparatus) : and on the reduction of the recent inward dislocations of the shoulder joint (by manipulation) / Alexander Gordon.

  • Gordon, Alexander.
Date:
1875
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Credit: A treatise on the fractures of the lower end of the radius, on fractures of the clavicle (and their treatment by a new clavicular apparatus) : and on the reduction of the recent inward dislocations of the shoulder joint (by manipulation) / Alexander Gordon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nothing to retract or amend, but, on the contrary, the more I reflect upon them the more thoroughly am I convinced of their accuracy. The clavicular apparatus, I confidently affirm, will soon come into general use; and could elevation of the shoulder be prevented, I should consider it perfect. The reduction of the recent inward dislocations of the shoulder-joint by manipulation has been practised by many of you and myself with such success that in a very short time it will supplant that by violent extension. It would be ungrateful in me not to express my gratitude to my colleague, Doctor Kedfern, Professor of Anatomy, for the great assistance always most generously afforded in my investigations. I hope ere long to be able to lay before you my views on fractures of the upper end of the femur, of the humerus, and of the leg. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Alexander Gordon. 1, Howard Street, Belfast, September, 1875.