Diseases of the hip, knee, and ankle joints : with their deformities, treated by a new and efficient method / by Hugh Owen Thomas.

  • Thomas, Hugh Owen, 1834-1891.
Date:
1876
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Credit: Diseases of the hip, knee, and ankle joints : with their deformities, treated by a new and efficient method / by Hugh Owen Thomas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE SECOND EDITION. In this, the Second Edition of my Treatise, I have again limited myself to an attempt at rationalizing the diagnosis and treatment of diseased articulations of the lower extremity, and amplifying some details which appeared obscure. Many of the statements may appear to some readers dogmatic and strained, but, after careful consideration, I am satisfied that I have understated my success in the practice of my theory by the method herein advised. I particularly urge the discontinuance of specific constitutional treatment, and especially that which is usually known as counter-irritation. This practice is curiously and exhaustively advocated by Mr. Furneaux Jordan, of Birmingham, who, in his remarkable Treatise on