A treatise on dislocations and on fractures of the joints / By Sir Astley Cooper.

  • Cooper, Astley, Sir, 1768-1841.
Date:
1824
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Credit: A treatise on dislocations and on fractures of the joints / By Sir Astley Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    without considerable pressure of the hand. In other respects her health was good. Straps of adhesive plaster were ordered to be applied, and a roller to he worn, which succeeded in preventing the dislocation so long as they were used, but the bone again slipped from its place whenever they were removed. A knee-cap, made to lace over the joint, was ordered for her. Dislocation sometimes arise from a loss of muscular power ; Paralysis, for when the muscles are kept long and forciby extended, their tone becomes destroyed; or if, from a paralytic affection, they lose their action, a hone may he dislocated easily, but is as readily replaced: of the first of these two causes, the following case is an illustration. CASE. Mr. — , a gentleman, now residing in the City, whilst in the East Indies, as a junior officer on board his ship, had been placed under the orders of one of the mates when the captain was on shore, and for some trifling offence this young gentleman was punished in the following manner:—His foot was placed upon a small pro- jection on the deck, and his arm was lashed tightly towards the yard of the ship, and thus kept extended for an hour. When he returned to England, he had the power of readily throwing that arm from its socket, merely by raising it towards his head ; but a very slight extension reduced it; the muscles were also wasted, as in a case of paralysis. A prosecution was commenced for this act of cruelty, and I was subpoenaed to give evidence ; but the petty C 2