A case of reducible dislocation of the shoulders : followed by fracture of the neck of the humerus, dislocation of the head under the subscapularis muscle, and the formation of an artificial joint, etc. / by James R. Wood.

  • Wood, James R. (James Rushmore), 1816-1882.
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[1854]
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Credit: A case of reducible dislocation of the shoulders : followed by fracture of the neck of the humerus, dislocation of the head under the subscapularis muscle, and the formation of an artificial joint, etc. / by James R. Wood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    A CASE OF REDUCIBLE DISLOCATION OF THE SHOULDER, FOLLOWED BY Fracture of the Neck of the Humerus, Dislocation of the Head under the Subscapulars Muscle, and the formation of an Artificial Joint, etc. By JAMES R. WOOD, M. D., One of the Surgeons of Bellevue Hospital, etc., etc. WITH AN ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATION. John Jones, aged fifty, a native of New-York, by vocation a r.eacher, of intemperate habits, was admitted into Bellevue Hospital, December 27, 1847, for injury of shoulder. The bllowing is the best history that could be gathered from the )atient. About three years ago he dislocated his shoulder ; it was then reduced with facility by a physician; but during the ext two years it was repeatedly dislocated, and eventually, • e was able to put it in and out himself without difficulty. About one year since he fell upon the shoulder, injuring it ;verely, causing great pain and inflammation about it, which sted two or three months, and after that there was preterna- ral mobility of the arm, though but little inconvenience in ling it. On the day before he was admitted, he fell and hurt e shoulder again.