A new operation for artificial hip joint in bony anchylosis : illustrated by two cases / by Lewis A. Sayre.

  • Sayre, Lewis A. (Lewis Albert), 1820-1900.
Date:
1863
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Credit: A new operation for artificial hip joint in bony anchylosis : illustrated by two cases / by Lewis A. Sayre. 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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    «ATi:«LS/.xau Figuiie 10. Dr. Nelson’s fracture lied. *In Hessclbach’s llandbuch dcr Cliirurgischen, printed in Jenna, 1845) will be found an almost exact duplicate of Nelson’s bed on plate xxxix, with a description on page 1036, as having been constructed by Weckert; but as Dr. Nelson made his bed in 1820 we must give him the preference of priority Figure 9. This fracture bed was first constructed by Dr. Robert Nelson, of this city, formerly of Canada, and for convenience and comfort, as well as fuHiiling all the indications required, is the most perfect con- ti'ivance 1 have ever used, and I cannot speak too highly in its favor.* From the time the patient was placed upon it until she entirely recovered, a period of nearly four months, she was perfectly comfort- able—could bo raised or depressed to any desired angle, as often as required, without inconvenience, which greatly added to her com- fort, b}’^ the change of position. The wound healed entirely within four weeks, except a very small opening in the posterior cut, which was at the most dependent position, and from which a small dis- charge of pus escaped ; this discharge gradually diminished and finally ceased about the 1st of March, four mouths after the ope- ration. Two small pieces of bone escaped during this time the size of a pin’s head. For some weeks before its stoppage the discharge consisted of only a few drops in a day, of a very peculiarly whitish- yellow semi-fluid, of the consistency of thick starch water, and upon examination proved to be nearl^i pure albumen.