The treatment of fractures / Charles Locke Scudder.

  • Charles Locke Scudder
Date:
1902
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Credit: The treatment of fractures / Charles Locke Scudder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IXDUX liip, fracture in adulls, results allir, 268 syin])toms, 261 Ireatinent, 269 after-care of the simple traction method, 271 fixation method, 272 Thomas hip-splint, 273 general considerations, 269 operative treatment, 277 treatment of the frac- tured hip, 271 fracture in childhood, 277 immediate result, 280 late restilt, 280 symptoms, 280 treatment, 280 Hot-air treatment, 245, 404 Humerus, 125 after-care, 143, 147 anatomical neck of, 132, 146 treatment, 140 with dislocation of upper frag- ment, 146 after-treatment of oper- ated cases, 147 treatment, 146 anatomy, 125 diagnosis, 129 examination of shoulder, 126 prognosis and result, 144 shaft of, 147 fracture in the newborn, 158 treatment, 158 (transverse) above the con- dyles, 173, 186 treatment, 186 malignant disease, 162 musculospiral nerve in fracture of the humerus, 159 prognosis, 157 symptoms, 148 treatment of fractures with con- siderable displace- ment, 156 after-care, 157 operative, 156 with little or no displace- ment, 151 after-treatment, 156 simple dislocation of humeral head, subcoracoid, 131 surgical neck of, fracture of, 140,146 treatment, 140 with dislocation of upper fragment, 146 after-treatment of operated cases, 147 treatment, 146 Humerus, surgical neck of, oblique fracture, witii great disj)laeement, 146 treatment, 146 operative, 146 Ice-bags, 362 Hium, 103 Infection in fracture of metatarsal bones, 406 of nasal bones, 46, 50, 51 of superior maxilla, 57 in gunshot fractures, 419, 420 of femur, 424 in open fracture of leg, 375 Keen's method of measuring lengths of lower extremities, 283 Kocher's classification of parts of long bones injured in gunshot wounds, 415 Krause, quoted : advantages of ambu- latory treatment, 468 table containing average periods of heaHng, 467 La Garde, quoted: wounds of modern projectiles, 418 Lee-Metford (EngUsh) bullet, size, 418 velocity, 418 weight, 418 Leg, 346 anatomy, 346 examination of fractured leg, 351 general observations, 350 Pott's fracture, 384 prognosis, 380 results, 381 refracture, 384 thrombosis and embolism, 383 symptoms, 353 treatment, 356 after-care, 379 care of fracture of the leg after the permanent dressing has been applied, 377 fractures difficult to hold re- duced, 370 fractures with considerable im- mediate swelling, 359 permanent dressing, 364 care of heel, 366 temporarv dressing, 362 in fractures with little or no displacement or swelling, 357