The treatment of infantile paralysis / by Oskar Vulpius ; translated by A. H. Todd.

  • Oscar Vulpius
Date:
1912
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Credit: The treatment of infantile paralysis / by Oskar Vulpius ; translated by A. H. Todd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS r CHAPTER PAGE Preface --------- vii Introduction ------- 1 Symptomatology and Course of Disease - - -3 ^Etiology - - - - - -11 Pathological Anatomy - - - - - - -20 PART I GENERAL I. General Treatment in the Acute Stage and Stage of Repair during the First Year of Illness - - - - - - 27 II. Orthopedic Apparatus - - - - - - - 35 III. The Surgery of Paralyses - - - - - 48 A. Treatment of Paralytic Contractures and Deformities (“ Redressement,” Tendon Lengthening, and Tenotomy) - 48 B. Restoration of Function - - - - - - 57 1. Muscle Implantation - - - - - 57 2. Arthrodesis - - - - - - - 61 3. Tendon Shortening - - - - - 67 4. Tendon Transplantation - - - 71 5. Nerve Transplantation - - - - 93 PART II SPECIAL I. Pa~r.at.ysts of the Muscles of the Neck : Paralytic Torticollis - 127 II. Par.at.vsts of the Muscles of the Back and Abdomen : Paralytic Kyphosis, Lordosis, and Scoliosis - - - - - 130 III. Paralysis of the Shoulder - - - - - 149 IV. Paralysis of the Elbow-Joint - - - - - -195 V. Par.at.vrts of the Hand and Fingers ----- 200 Note.—Complete Paralysis of the Arm - 207