A treatise on the etiology, pathology, and treatment of congenital dislocations of the head of the femur / by John Murray Carnochan.

  • Carnochan, J. M. (John Murray), 1817-1887.
Date:
1850
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Credit: A treatise on the etiology, pathology, and treatment of congenital dislocations of the head of the femur / by John Murray Carnochan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    although unable to verify it further by autopsic examina- tion, he thus proceeds: “Pueruin octennem claudicantein consilii causa ad me adduxerunt 28 aprilis ann. 178l). . . Erat crus sinistrum sesqui pollice brevius dextero ; genu introrsum non nihil conversum, trochanter major ab laeva parte eminentior. Resupinato puero dum manu altera- trocbanterem deprimebam, altera crus et genu extendere conabar, membrum affectum par sano reddebatur: sublata extensione idem membrum ad pristinam brevitatem re- ducebatur. Motus articuli in omnem partem erat facilis. Causa cui quidem ea contractio tribui poterat, nulla prae- cesserat manifesta Q,uid eidem evenerit, ignore, nunquam enim postea rediit.”* Although there are symptoms in the above case that are common to other affections at, or about, the hip-Joint,^ as well as to congenital luxation of the head of the femur, yet the age of the patient, the lameness—not being referred to external injury,—the easy extension of the limb, already shortened by half an inch, to the length of the sound member, the immediate return to its pristine shortness as soon as extension was removed, and the free motion of the joint, give, .when taken collectively, a gene- lal chaiacter to the malady described, which jirecludes the su])position of its having been the result of strumous ac- tion, or of accidental lesion.