On the pathological changes produced in the shoulder-joint by traumatic dislocation : as derived from an examination of all the specimens illustrating this injury in the museums of London / by William Henry Flower.

  • Flower, William Henry, 1831-1899.
Date:
[1861]
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Credit: On the pathological changes produced in the shoulder-joint by traumatic dislocation : as derived from an examination of all the specimens illustrating this injury in the museums of London / by William Henry Flower. 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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    the limb against the splint behind, as there must be in the screw- pressure ; the counter support in the case of the weight is afforded by the whole limb, and diffused over every point of it which comes in contact with pillow or mattress. Digital compression by the thumbs of professional assistants is considered by some as the ne^lus ultra of excellence in compression. To this view I cannot accede. Digital compression is painful, usually unequally maintained, apt to be excessive, requires relays of skilled assistants, whose frequent shifts annoy the patient and prevent sleep, while, except in an hospital patient, they are practi- cally unsuitalDle. The weight, on the contrary, once correctly set, needs no meddling, exhausts no strength, is unvarying in its degree of force, and requires only so much regulation and watching as can be afforded by a non-professional assistant, who, without fatigue, can easily maintain a constant and efficient superintendence for several hours at a time without occasioning the slightest disturbance of the patient’s repose. 1 HUNTED BY OI.lVEU AND BOYD, EDINB13RQH.