A probationary surgical essay, on dislocations of the thigh bone : submitted,... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh,... / by John Gordon ... October, 1808.

  • Gordon, John, 1786-1818.
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[1808]
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Credit: A probationary surgical essay, on dislocations of the thigh bone : submitted,... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh,... / by John Gordon ... October, 1808. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    among the muscles. To such as may be disposed to doubt the exact similarity of circumstances ex¬ isting between a dislocated femur in the living, and an artificial imitation of this accident in the dead \ body, we may venture to observe, that if the know¬ ledge which we acquire by this means of the ana¬ tomy of dislpcation, does not possess perfect accu¬ racy, it at least approaches nearer to the truth than what is derived from any other source. We are in¬ duced to rely with greater confidence on the informa¬ tion obtained by this method, that we have found it exceedingly difficult, if not altogether impossible, to produce, artificially, any other species of luxation of the femur than those which actually present them¬ selves in practice; and that the external characters of the real accident in the living, and of its imitation on the dead body, have always corresponded closely with each other. In stating the result of our observations, conduct¬ ed in this manner, we do so, chiefly from the hope that the enquiry may ultimately be productive of advantages to this department of surgery; and we are anxious that our remarks should be regarded, less as deserving attention in themselves, than as hints for the further prosecution of this subject by others. In considering more at length the different species of Dislocations of the Femur, it will be proper to have in view the following objects— / '4 * . B *• ♦. . • •***.% • ♦ i . ,44 ft *.