Medical condition in which there is physical damage to the continuity of the bones

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Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.

Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).

First aid memory chart : designed for A.R.P. first aid workers & learners / by Harold E. Palmer, D. Litt. & W. Rougier Chapman, Surgeon Lieut. Commander R.N.V.R. ; approved by the St. John Ambulance Association.

Abnormal heads and skulls, fractured and bandaged clavicle and a broken (?) leg bandaged in a splint. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger.

Essays on several important subjects in surgery: chiefly on the nature and cure of fractures of the long bones of the extremities. Particularly those of the thigh and leg, whether simple of compound : for which a new method of retention is proposed. The whole illustrated with cooper-plates / [John Aitken].

Instructions for rendering immediate aid : for troops at the front / drafted and designed by Major MacLure.

Two diagrams of legs in splints, illustrating how to set a fractured limb. Stipple engraving by D. Lizars after J. Bell.

A treatise on dislocations and on fractures of the joints / By Sir Astley Cooper.

Advertisment for a thigh splint: two figures, including an illustration showing the splint in place on a bandaged limb. Engraving with etching, 1830/1860?.

Medullary nailing of Küntscher / by Lorenz Böhler.

The functional treatment of fractures. Part One.

Cleft palate and adenoids. Treatment of simple fractures by operation. Diseases of joints. Operative treatment of Cancer. Acquired deformities. Antrectomy. Hernia, etc / W. Arbuthnot Lane.

Treatment of fractures of long bones by simple extension / by John Swinburne.

The treatment of fractures / Charles Locke Scudder ... Assisted by Frederic J. Cotton, M.D.

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Fractures, Bone

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Medullary nailing of Küntscher / by Lorenz Böhler.

The functional treatment of fractures. Part One.

Cleft palate and adenoids. Treatment of simple fractures by operation. Diseases of joints. Operative treatment of Cancer. Acquired deformities. Antrectomy. Hernia, etc / W. Arbuthnot Lane.

Treatment of fractures of long bones by simple extension / by John Swinburne.

The treatment of fractures / Charles Locke Scudder ... Assisted by Frederic J. Cotton, M.D.

Fractures, Bone

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Medullary nailing of Küntscher / by Lorenz Böhler.

The functional treatment of fractures. Part One.

Cleft palate and adenoids. Treatment of simple fractures by operation. Diseases of joints. Operative treatment of Cancer. Acquired deformities. Antrectomy. Hernia, etc / W. Arbuthnot Lane.

Treatment of fractures of long bones by simple extension / by John Swinburne.

The treatment of fractures / Charles Locke Scudder ... Assisted by Frederic J. Cotton, M.D.

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