Automatic mechanism : as applied in the construction of artificial limbs, in cases of amputation / by Frederick Gray. -- With upwards of one hundred illustrative cases and correspondence ; Dedicated to Sir Benjamin C. Brodie.

  • Gray, Frederick.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Automatic mechanism : as applied in the construction of artificial limbs, in cases of amputation / by Frederick Gray. -- With upwards of one hundred illustrative cases and correspondence ; Dedicated to Sir Benjamin C. Brodie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    CONTENTS. Dedication . . . . . . v Prefatory Notice . . . . . 1 A' rOHATlC Mechani-m . . . . . .7 Chapter I. Inducing reasons for publication—Want of information expe- rienced and regretted by many eminent surgeons, relative to artificial limbs—Introduced to Mr. Liston by tbe Marquis of Anglesey—Mr. Potts : his genius—My late brother— The Marquis of Anglesey: his anxiety for my success in life—Prince Ernest of Hesse—Invitation to go to Berlin— Extensive use made of the artificial limbs in various part- of the world—General Koupreanoff—Prince Gagarin— Baron Brunow—Invitation from the Russian government • to go to St. Petersburgh . . . .7 Chapter II. Singular absence of any previous work on the subject—What can be done by mechanism in cases of amputation—Judg- ment necessary in supplying the aids—Certainty of relief— Dr. Quain on comparative anatomy, extracts from—The age we live in—Dr. Quain on the human skeleton—The antagonism of the flexor and extensor muscles—Progression effected by mechanical device alone—Mr. Liston's preference of a short stump to a long one—My objections—Innova- tions of Pareus—Every offer at improvement entitled to fair consideration—Candour of the faculty—Offerings for their consideration — Articles from Lancet and Medical Times— Places of election for amputations—Mr. Allan- son on amputations—Meeting of scientific men at 7, Cork- street—Article from Lancet . . . . .29 Chapter III. Analogy between the lines of a ship, and the lines of an artificial leg—Importance of correct lines —Their varia-