On some common injuries to limbs : their treatment and after-treatment including bone-setting (so-called) / by Edward Cotterell.

  • Cotterell, Edward, 1857-1898.
Date:
1885
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Credit: On some common injuries to limbs : their treatment and after-treatment including bone-setting (so-called) / by Edward Cotterell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    Rider's-Sprain—Cause of the accident—Symptoms—More common in civil than in military life—Why ?—Treatment—Hawksley s bandage—The stirrup leather ^6 Sprained Knee—Causes—Nothing peculiar in the tennis knee— Symptoms—The painful spot—Treatment—After-treatment- Old sprained knees—Treatment 80 Dislocation of the semi-lunar Cartilage of the Knee— Subluxation of the Knee—Internal Derangement of THE Knee-joint—William Key's description—Cause—Symp- toms—Treatment and after-treatment—Not to be mistaken for simple synovitis 82 Transverse Fracture of the Patella—Mr. Heath's treatment —The joint to be aspirated—Approximation of the fragments— Lister's operation—Malgaigne's hooks—Bony union (?) . . 83- Rupture of the Plantaris Tendon — Lawn-Tennis Leg— Symptoms of the accident—Dr. Wharton Hood's treatment— The patient must be encouraged to walk about ... 85 On Sprains of the Ankle-joint—Description of the injury—Se- vere sprains—Milder cases—Treatment by the immediate appli- cation of strapping plaster, and movement—Case—Old sprains —Sir James Paget's description—Treatment—Case of sprain treated by too long continued rest ...... 88 Pott's Fracture—Causes of lameness—Adhesions—Subluxation of foot backwards—How caused—Treatment of simple fractures —Breaking down adhesions—How to tell when the ankle joint is stiff—How to remedy the stiffness—Treatment of subluxation —Advantages of the plaster of Paris treatment ... 92 Appendix I. The Plaster of Paris Bandage 99 Appendix II. Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis treated by Manipulation . 100