A probationary surgical essay on dislocation of the shoulder joint : submitted,... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh,... / by John William Turner. October 1812.

  • Turner, John William, 1790-1836.
Date:
1812
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Credit: A probationary surgical essay on dislocation of the shoulder joint : submitted,... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh,... / by John William Turner. October 1812. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    quences of a desire to relieve the uneasiness about the shoulder, occasioned by the weight of the arm. The flexion of the fore-arm must be caused by the tendon ofthe biceps being carried away in its groove from its natural course, occasioning a tension of that muscle, although, in the dead body, this appeared to take place to a very small extent. The other symptoms are easily explained, by the laceration of the parts which had taken place, and the consequent inflammation. Desault, in a description of this dislocation, of course supposititious, has asserted, that the el¬ bow will be separated from the side;* but this does not agree with the case which has been de- scribed, nor is it necessary from the anatomy of the parts. Petit says, that, in dislocation back¬ wards, the patient will suffer pain when the arm is removed from the breast, because in this mo¬ tion the coraco-brachialis and pectoral muscles are stretched.f It is uncertain whether this au¬ thor means by motion from the breast, motion backwards, or abduction. Although the contu¬ sion and laceration may cause considerable pain in attempts to produce abduction, yet by this mo* * CEuvres Chirurgicales, vol. i. p. 352. ] f Traite de Maladies des Os. tom. i. p. 166.