On bone-setting : (so called) and its relation to the treatment of joints crippled by injury, rheumatism, inflammation, &c., &c. / by Wharton P. Hood.

  • Hood, Wharton P.
Date:
1871
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On bone-setting : (so called) and its relation to the treatment of joints crippled by injury, rheumatism, inflammation, &c., &c. / by Wharton P. Hood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by UCL Library Services. The original may be consulted at UCL (University College London)

    28/204 (page 12)
    A - was the brother of the professor of mid- wifery at one of the principal medical schools in London, and he had the best surgical advice that London could afford. He was ordered to rest the limb, and to apply heat and moisture. In this way he obtained some diminution of the pain, but the swelling continued. He at last sent for Mr. Hutton, who at once declared that the knee was out, and proposed to replace it. An ap- pointment for this purpose was made, but in the meantime the patient had again seen eminent surgeons, and he wrote to prevent Mr. Hutton from coming. Two years of uninterrupted surgical treatment passed without improvement, and then Mr. A sent for Mr. Hutton again. On this, the second visit, I accompanied him, and what I witnessed made a great impression on my mind. We found the knee-joint enveloped in strapping ; and when this was removed, the joint was seen to be much swollen, and the skin shining and discoloured. The joint was immoveable, and very painful on the inner side. Mr. Hutton at once placed his thumb on a point over the lower edge