Paralytic deformities of the lower extremities : the principles of their surgical treatment / by E. Noble Smith.

  • Smith, E. Noble (Eldred Noble), 1847-1906.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Paralytic deformities of the lower extremities : the principles of their surgical treatment / by E. Noble Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAEALYTIO DEPOEMITIES OF THE LOWEE EXTEEMITIES Of the various kinds of deformity which come before the ortho- paedic surgeon, a large proportion originates entirely or partially in paralysis, and this is especially the case in deformities of the lower exti'emities. In last year's surgical report (1898) of the City Orthopaedic Hospital are recorded for the previous year 680 cases of club-foot out of 2,476 new patients suffering from a variety of deformities, and a large majority of these cases of club-foot were due to, or associated with, paralysis of one or more of the leg muscles. There were other instances of deformity from paralysis not complicated by club-foot, but which required treatment upon the same or similar principles. The treatment of these conditions involves a special line of study a]5art from that of the physician, who devotes himself to the pathology and general treatment of the disease. When any muscle, or set of muscles, is affected with paralysis, the immediate effects are, (1) necessarily, a loss of power to the patient as regards the use of those muscles ; (2) defective nutrition of the affected muscles themselves and also of the surrounding B
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