Fractures, dislocations, diseases and deformities of the bones of the trunk and upper extremities / by Hugh Owen Thomas.

  • Thomas, Hugh Owen, 1834-1891.
Date:
1887
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Credit: Fractures, dislocations, diseases and deformities of the bones of the trunk and upper extremities / by Hugh Owen Thomas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In about a week after this interview of the sufferer with Dr. Gormley, he returned for further advice for his cold, and he was still very jubi- lant over the result of the manipulations of his shoulder-joint, which were continued for many weeks. Four months after the D. G. had ceased to visit me, Dr. Gormley, meeting him, enquired how his shoulder now felt, and my late patient informed him that it was worse than ever. This infor- mation being conveyed to me, I sent the sufferer an invitation to visit me, which he accepted. An examination showed me that the original ailment still afflicted the shoulder-joint. My treatment was resumed and con- tinued nine months ere I was able to pronounce the joint sound and the patient felt that it was so. The time expended upon this case whilst at first under my care was three months, at hospital, as out-door patient, three months, then under my treatment the second time nine months. Neither the snap treatment nor the coup at a fortu- nate time for a coup, with two or three good turns gave the result expected, though the patient had at one time joy- fully asserted its efficacy. Subsequently a long period of treat- ment was expended upon the case, before the disease was resolved. It was not a longer time than was to be expected, as I have always found articular disease, which had been either delayed or aggravated by injudicious interference, to give way only stubbornly to treatment. With this remark of the lecturer's, If you ask what are the indications for breaking up a joint, I find it difficult to reply, I cordially agree. It indeed is a difficult question to answer, and will always remain so, and I believe it is a task we need not attempt* It is stony ground. tra^?6^3/ °f 'I3 °f qU°tati0n br°Ught 10 ^ mind aa -ecdo^7a traveller, who, during h.s visit to an ancient town, went to a museum to see the relic