On certain principles and methods in the surgical treatment of the paralysis of children : being an address delivered before the Huddersfield Medical Society / by Robert Jones.

  • Jones, Robert, 1857-1933.
Date:
1902
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Credit: On certain principles and methods in the surgical treatment of the paralysis of children : being an address delivered before the Huddersfield Medical Society / by Robert Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Surgical Treatment of the Paralysis of Children. Mr. President and Gentlemen,—I offer you my sincere thanks for the honour you have conferred on me by inviting me to address your Medical Society. The subject upon which I venture to speak is one which has interested me for many years, and is well worthy of careful study. In these days, strange to say, when so much is written on every branch of medicine, the surgery of the paralysis of children has earned but scant attention, and that only in odd places and at odd times. There are many reasons suggestive of the explanation. To the general surgeon the subject presents many difficulties. It abounds in detail and demands a patience that only enthusiasm can supply. Operations, be they per- formed, only attain their purpose when followed by prolonged, intelligent, and carefully thought out after-treatment, and this involves not only a prac- tical knowledge of the sequence of events, but a very real faith in certain fundamental principles. Short of this faith, the surgeon is half-hearted in his measures, and the patient and friends lose that confidence which inspires hope. The surgeon,