Professor Volkmann on antiseptic osteotomy.

  • Volkmann, Richard von, 1830-1889.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Professor Volkmann on antiseptic osteotomy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    > masse. This was done on the 12th of August 1874. The incisions in the soft parts were each not quite 4 c.m. long, and the hones were divided 5 c.m. above and 6 c.m. below the articular sur¬ faces. The further treatment resembled that of the last case, and the course of events was precisely the same, inasmuch as here also there was neither fever nor suppuration. On the 14th September the organization of the lower parts of the clot was complete, and on removing the dressings, the wounds were found smoothly healed over, and the bones consolidated. The girl soon learned to walk with a support, having a sole 5 c.m. high. The deformity in this patient is much more considerable than in the other case, as the whole region of the knee projects abruptly from the level of the straightened limb. The upper scar is 3 c.m. long and 1 c.m. broad, the lower is somewhat smaller. / EDINBURGH : PRINTED BY OLIVER AND BOYD.