Cases with observations on wry neck : on the reduction of luxations of the shoulder joint; on the operation for hare lip; on cartilaginous substances of the knee joint; on aneurism; on the use of the extract of stramonium, and on the extraction of a gum elastic catheter from the bladder, by an incision above the pubis, under singular circumstances / by John Kirby.

  • Kirby, John.
Date:
1819
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Credit: Cases with observations on wry neck : on the reduction of luxations of the shoulder joint; on the operation for hare lip; on cartilaginous substances of the knee joint; on aneurism; on the use of the extract of stramonium, and on the extraction of a gum elastic catheter from the bladder, by an incision above the pubis, under singular circumstances / by John Kirby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ceived, by a fall from horseback. The accident happened four months previous to his admission, since which period, he was deprived of the free motion of his head, which he then found it impossible to set fair between his shoulders. He had used a great variety of external re- medies, under the direction of different practitioners, and had employed collars of several kinds, without the least ad- vantage. On examination, the right ster- no-cleido-mastoideus was firm, and con- tracted to about half its natural length. The face was inclined obliquely upwards, and his chin pointed over the left shoul- der. The cervical vertebrae did not ap- pear to have any concern in the defor- mity. The clavicular portion of the ster- no-cleido-mastoideus was divided about an inch above the clavicle, in the same manner as in the former case ; my friend, Mr. Hamilton, assisting me during the