Orthopraxy : the mechanical treatment of deformities, debilities, and deficiencies of the human frame / by Henry Heather Bigg.

  • Bigg, Henry Heather, 1826-1881.
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Orthopraxy : the mechanical treatment of deformities, debilities, and deficiencies of the human frame / by Henry Heather Bigg. 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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    This movement acts upon a second cord [d], which is fixed to the excentric (e) of the elbow-hinge, the extremity of the cord, furnished with a strong spiral spring, being Fig. 69. fixed in the Ijand at point f, flexes it at tne wrist. But the moment traction ceases upon the cord fixed behind the shoulder the forearm becomes straight by the force of two elastics (g g), placed behind the elbow. The wrist becomes straight at the same time as the forearm, by means of a spiral spring fixed behind the hand at point H, and the forearm at i.
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