Improved appliances for the mechanical treatment of joints / by Charles Frederick Stillman.

  • Stillman, Charles F. (Charles Frederick)
Date:
1878
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improved appliances for the mechanical treatment of joints / by Charles Frederick Stillman. 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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    KNEE-JOINT. To keep the parts immovable, obtain extension, and yet allow exposure of the surface for inspection and dressings, are the indications which we are to ful- fill in the mechanical treatment of affections of this joint. These are met by the employment of plaster of Paris above and below the joint, connected by two brackets. They are each composed of two perforated zinc plates, connected by a racheted bridge, i] inches in width, ] inch in thickness, of sufficient length to allow four copper rivets to be countersunk into each zinc plate, and so bent as to cause the bridge to be about two inches above the surface. Fig. 10. The limb being extended and steadied by an assistant, several thicknesses of the plastered bandage are applied, from the base of the great toe to a point as near the joint as practicable, taking care to render the ankle firm. The thigh is next enveloped, from the knee-joint nearly to the hip.