Two cases of excision of the knee-joint for forcible separation of the lower epiphysis from the shaft of the femur / by Edwin Canton.

  • Canton, Edwin, 1817-1885
Date:
1861
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Credit: Two cases of excision of the knee-joint for forcible separation of the lower epiphysis from the shaft of the femur / by Edwin Canton. 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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    tensity to the implication of the whole system, the surgeon, by his performance of excision substitutes, so to speak, a condi- tion the equivalent of a severe compound fracture ; and in bring- ing the divided parts at once together, follows out a good old surgical maxim, which inculcates the endeavour to render that fracture, as speedily as possible, a ^mple one; when, by atten- tion ^0 position, maintenance of quietude, and removal of dis- charge, he has novf every reason to anticipate that his mea- sures may not only preserve a threatened life, but retain, also, a useful limb. » “ Of 184 cases in all, collected by Butcher and Price, the mortality amounts to 21‘2 per cent., which is less than amputation of the thigh; and, in nearly 60 per cent., the result is said to have been a useful limb.”—Pirrie, The Principles and
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