A treatise on the etiology, pathology, and treatment of congenital dislocations of the head of the femur / by John Murray Carnochan.
- John Murray Carnochan
- Date:
- 1850
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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.
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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![Posterior view of the same pelvis, with Double Congenital Dislocation of the Femurs upon the Dorsa of the Ilia. A. Right Femur degenerated in its tissue—Head and Neck atrophied. B. Left Femur—its tissues also degenerated—the Head and Neck have entirely dis- appeared—the up])er part of the Shaft has been fractured by muscular traction. a. Dorsum Ilii. h. Remains of the Head and Neck of the right Femur. c. Trochanter Major. d. Tendinous insertion of the Pelvi-Trochanteric Muscles. e. Abrupt termination of the Shaft of the left Femur at the point of Fracture. /. Pseudo-articulation, laid open, between the fractured portions of the Shaft of the Femur. g. New Ligamentous Structure attached by radiating fibres to the Dorsum of the Ilium, and becoming incorporated with the posterior surface of the Original Capsule, so as to form in part the Ligamentous Cord upon which the super- incumbent weight of the Trunk has been chiefly thrown during progression. A. Inferior extremity of the Femur partially luxated from the Tibia, t. Tuberosity of the Ischium. k. Tibia and Fibula, smaller and less dense in structure than is natural.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22336904_0217.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
