Observations on contraction of the fingers (Dupuytren's contraction) : and its successful treatment by subcutaneous divisions of the palmar fascia, and immediate extension also on the obliteration of depressed cicatrices after glandular abcesses, or exfoliation of bone by a subcutaneous operation / by William Adams.

  • Adams, William, 1810-1900.
Date:
1879
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Credit: Observations on contraction of the fingers (Dupuytren's contraction) : and its successful treatment by subcutaneous divisions of the palmar fascia, and immediate extension also on the obliteration of depressed cicatrices after glandular abcesses, or exfoliation of bone by a subcutaneous operation / by William Adams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    increase of the contraction, and then take the chances of an operation. Now that the curability of this affection, without any loss of muscular power has been proved, the error of delay will be at once apparent. The results of mechanical treatment, and of the operation by open-wound have not been such as to in- spire any general confidence. The subcutaneous operation and after-treatment, as modified by myself in accordance with the patho- logical conditions first demonstrated by Dupuytren, has proved so successful, that I can with confidence recommend it to the favourable notice of the pro- fession. I first brought the results of my experience before the Medico-Chirurgical Society in a paper read on the 22nd of May, 1877, but this paper was not published by the Society in their Transactions; a short abstract of it only appeared in the Proceedings of the Society, Vol. VIII., No. 4, July, 1877. The paper, as read at the Society, and without any altera- tions, was, however, published in the British Medical Journal, June 29th, 1878, and is now with considerable additions reproduced in its present form. With regard to the subcutaneous operation for deeply depressed cicatrices, I first brought it before the notice of the British Medical Association in a paper which I read at their meeting in Edinburgh in August, 1875 ; and it was afterwards published in the British Medical Journal, April 20th, 1876. It seems, however, not to have attracted the attention of operating surgeons so much as I could have wished,