An essay on the shoulder-joint operation : principally deduced from anatomical observation / by W.W. Fraser.

  • Fraser, William Wemyss, -1832.
Date:
1813
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Credit: An essay on the shoulder-joint operation : principally deduced from anatomical observation / by W.W. Fraser. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    Hate, if the observations I am about to offer on a subject, in itself somewhat rare, appear crude or trite, or if the opinions I venture seem more the untenable speculations of a the- orist, than the result of deliberation, and care- ful anatomical investigation; but even these imputations I will hazard, as the question is simple; and. as it is purely practical, if it adds an iota to use, I shall be satisfied. I confess it would have been my wish, before my notes assumed their present shape, that ac- tual practice had confirmed or negatived my ideas; but the Shoulder-joint Operation occurs so seldom, that in the usual routine it may not be met with for years. I have therefore less hesitation in submitting my views to the consideration of others. The extirpation of the arm bone from its connections with the scapula and clavicle, however much it may be decried, is often left as the practitioner’s dernier ressort, and which, notwithstanding every objection, he must occasionally perform; it therefore becomes a