Historical notes on the question of the value of traction in the treatment of hip disease / by A.B. Judson.

  • Judson, Adoniram Brown, 1837-1916.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Historical notes on the question of the value of traction in the treatment of hip disease / by A.B. Judson. 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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    Surgery, 1881, vol. ii, p. 183; “They [walking splints de- scribed] are all constructed on very much the same princi- ple and with a view to permit motion in the joint without articular pressure or friction—an impossible task.” Andrews, Edmund. New Instruments for the Treat- ment of Hip Disease. Chicago Medical Examiner, Decem- ber, 1860. Describes his splint applied to the inner side of the limb, with a sliding rod carrying a crutch head and screw for extension. Adhesive straps are attached to either side of the leg. Page 274 ; “ The screw is then turned up un- til the padded crutch top rests firmly against the perinseum and the desired extension is accomplished. In this way the weight of the patient rests upon the instrument and the instrument upon the ground without impairing the exten- sion.” Notes of Surgical Cases. Chicago Medical Exam- iner, June 1861, p. 294 : “These [splints to keep up exten- sion] are used in all stages of the disease. In the early mouths of the attack the extension takes away the pressure of the infiamed head of the femur in the joint and allows it to recover. After an operation it is used to prevent too great shortening while the end of the femur is contracting a ligamentous adhesion to the sides of the pelvis.” The New Splint for Hip Disease. Chicago Medical Ex- aminer, August, 1861, p. 445: “Slight motion of the joint when it is firmly extended is of but little consequence.” Improved Methods of Treatment in Joint and Spinal Diseases. Chicago Medical Examiner, September, 1863, p. 428: “ The local treatment of hip disease in the first or in- flammatory stage consists in the application of some suita- ble instrument by which the weight of the body and the tension of the muscles can be entirely taken off from the joint, so that the infiamed surfaces no longer press and rub against each other.” Page 430 ; “ In the use of this instru- ment [an extension splint applied on the inner side of the