A syllabus of surgical lectures on the nature and treatment of fractures, diseases of the joints, and deformities of the limbs and spine. Containing descriptions of the modes of applying twelve new apparatuses, illustrated by twelve plates ... / [Joseph Amesbury].

  • Amesbury, Joseph, 1795-1864
Date:
1827
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Credit: A syllabus of surgical lectures on the nature and treatment of fractures, diseases of the joints, and deformities of the limbs and spine. Containing descriptions of the modes of applying twelve new apparatuses, illustrated by twelve plates ... / [Joseph Amesbury]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I applied the apparatus in the manner just stated. The fracture united readily; and after the ap¬ paratus was taken off, and the little tumefaction which remained had subsided, the situation of the fracture could be found by examining the limb carefully with the hand; but it could not be discovered, by looking at the limb, while co¬ vered with a thin stocking, that it had ever been broken. The number of persons which I have had under my care with this description of fracture, enable me to say that I believe such will be the result in every case of oblique fracture of the leg which is properly managed. A summary of the advantages obtained by the use of the author’s apparatus. The safety and cer¬ tainty of the practice which he recommends, &c.