Fractures, dislocations, diseases and deformities of the bones of the trunk and upper extremities / by Hugh Owen Thomas.

  • Thomas, Hugh Owen, 1834-1891.
Date:
1887
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    THE TREATMENT OF FRACTURES, DISLOCATIONS, DISEASES AND DEFORMITIES OF THE BONES OF THE TRUNK AND OF THE UPPER EXTREMITIES. In Parts II. and VI. of my Contributions to Medicine and Surgery are given the theories which resulted from, and have since guided, my practice when treating fractures, dislocations, or diseased articulations. In this Contribution and in a succeeding one, it is my intention to make known the methods and means employed by me, both to diagnose and treat lesion's of special localities, and to discuss the treatment of those abnormalities only which I try to diagnose and amend by methods not generally known, avoiding as much as possible the introduction of actual cases in illustration of the treatment; but occasionally, should the demonstration need it, introduc- ing ideal cases, Avith which to exhibit my processes. Fifteen years have passed by since my first contribution to the surgery of fractures was published, and ten years have elapsed since my first contribution to the treatment of articular disease; and, though mainly devoted to practical surgery, they contained a rough sketch of my theory. The merits of my practice my fellow-surgeons have recog- nised ; but my theoities have had only a very limited accept-