A letter containing some observations on fractures of the lower limbs : to which is added an account of a contrivance to administer cleanliness.

  • Earle, James, Sir, 1755-1817.
Date:
1807
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Credit: A letter containing some observations on fractures of the lower limbs : to which is added an account of a contrivance to administer cleanliness. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    Bat though rules founded on good sense and experience, and applicable to general practice, are very proper to be laid down and inculcated in every system; yet, in so com- plicated a science as surgery, it will often be / found that, in individual cases, much must still be left to the judgment and skill of the practitioner. .. t • i iff I have every reason to approve in general of Mr. Pott’s plan, of placing fractured legs on the outside, on the fibula; yet sometimes we find cases which should form exceptions to this general rule, particularly in fractures of the leg, where the broken end of the superior part of the tibia projects forward. In that case we some- times find it impracticable to keep the ends of the bone even, without placing it on the heel. j .. * i Ii Itf iJ* In compound fractures, also, we sometimes find great advantage in placing the leg ori the