A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints / By Sir Astley Cooper.

  • Astley Cooper
Date:
1832
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Credit: A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints / By Sir Astley Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    statement, and had much rather send you'an exact copy of the lecture now in my possession, not knowing the reason of your present application. Fracture of the neck of the thigh-bone.—This fracture never unites ; tell the patient this, and that he must be lame for life. When the injury happens with persons not more than fifty-five years of age, the recovery may be so far that the patient may be able to walk with a stick; but should it happen with very old people, they will never after be able to walk out without crutches. The fractured cervix does not unite, because the extravasated ‘matter, or coagulable lymph thrown out for union, is lodged in the joint, so that it is not applied to the ends of the bone; besides, union cannot be effected, as the ends of the bones are so far removed from each other. Attempts have frequently been made to effect a union, but they have never succeeded. I remain, dear Sir, Bedford; Nov. 12th, 1824. — Your most obedient Servant, Pupil in 1796. JoHN POLLey. From Mr. Weekes, of Hurst-per-Point, Sussex. Dear Sir:—I am sorry | have been prevented answering your letter before : but upon referring to your lectures, I find the following observations : viz.— Of fracture of the cervix femoris.—This is of frequent occurrence, but seldom if ever happening but in people of advanced age. These fractures are often supposed to be cured, but in reality they never are. People, after these fractures, should always walk with a stick; and if they are stout and fat, crutches are admissible.-—The reason why fractures of the cervix femoris do not get well so soon as fractures of the trochanter, is, that in the former the callus becomes extravasated in the joimt, and renders union of the bone impracticable. I remain, dear Sir, Hurst-per-Point, Sussex. | Your very humble Servant, Pupil in 1796. H. WEEKEs. From Mr. Overend, of Sheffield. — Dear Sir:—In referring to my notes of your lectures on fractures of the cervix femoris, delivered in the year 1797, I find the following observations. After describing the appearances indicating the fracture of this part of the thigh-bone, my notes state— |
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