Diseases of the hip, knee, and ankle joints : and their treatment by a new and efficient method / by Hugh Owen Thomas.

  • Thomas, Hugh Owen, 1834-1891.
Date:
[between 1890 and 1899?]
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Credit: Diseases of the hip, knee, and ankle joints : and their treatment by a new and efficient method / by Hugh Owen Thomas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Case No. 2.—On the loth October, 1873, Mr. S— of Workington, brought his son, a child, four years of age, to my hospital for examination and advice. I found him suffering from disease of the knee joint at the destructive stage. Suppuration existed, and there were several sinuses discharging pus, and the leg was contracted to a right angle with the thigh. The hamstring tendons were tenotomised under cether, and a safe amount of force was used to extend the knee, but without success in totally removing the angularity. The patient was then placed in the machine, with a staple attached for retention.—Plate 4, Jig. 6. A very gentle fixed retention in the machine was continued for four weeks. At the end of this period, the limb was perfectly straight, and the child ultimately recovered. In this case the adhesions were so strono- that a justifiable amount of force was not