Fractured femurs : their treatment by calliper extension / by Maurice G. Pearson ... and J. Drummond.

  • Pearson, Maurice G. (Maurice Grey)
Date:
1919
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Credit: Fractured femurs : their treatment by calliper extension / by Maurice G. Pearson ... and J. Drummond. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FOREWORD By Coroner sir ELM. W.. GRAY, K,B.E., C.B./C.M.G., Assistant Inspector of Special Military Surgery, late Consulting Surgeon, 3vd Army, B.E.F., France THOSE who have had the privilege of seeing the excellent work done by the authors and their colleagues, especially at Edmonton Special Surgical Hospital, will welcome the publication of this book. I believe all will agree that the treatment of fractured femurs, as carried out by them, left little to be desired. The work of the teams, the meticulous attention to all details, the frequent checking of the position of fragments by scientific and reliable methods, the apparent ease, accuracy, and painlessness with which all the manipulations were carried out, and, finally, the personal supervision and encouragement given by Lieut.-Colonel Pearson, combined to produce such comfort and well-being of the patients during the more acute stages of their illness, and also such excellent final results, that visitors were stimulated with the desire to go and do likewise. rane The description of the methods employed should make it possible, even for surgeons of ordinary ability, to obtain equally good results, provided they will give the necessary attention to detail. My experience, both in France and in Home hospitals, compels me to say that the teaching of the principles of treatment of fractures in general and of their practical application must be vastly improved if ordinary justice is to be done to fracture cases in future. The results of treatment of such cases by those whe have become experts in dealing with serious war injuries show that, by careful attention, the frequent deformities and consequent incapacity which used to follow comparatively simple fractures of civil life are preventable, and should be looked upon usually as being due to incompetence or inattention on the part of the responsible surgeon. The statements and teaching, with regard to treatment of fractures, of such men as Lieut.-Colonel Pearson, who have had exceptional and intensive training and experience, should receive the utmost considera- tion by surgeons all over the world. | PES. “GRAY: June, Igro.
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