Observations on the nature and treatment of fractures of the upper third of the thigh-bone, and of fractures of long standing.

  • Amesbury, Joseph, 1795-1864.
Date:
1829
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Credit: Observations on the nature and treatment of fractures of the upper third of the thigh-bone, and of fractures of long standing. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. In this volume, I have entered, at some length, into the consideration of the na- ture and treatment of fractures of the upper third of the thigh-bone, and of fi-actures of long standing, which occur in the upper and lower extremities; and I have endeavoured to shew, that de- formity and non-union are more to be attributed to the imperfect modes of treatment, still generally advised, than to any other cause. The doctrines and plans which I have brought forward, I have attempted to illustrate by various cases; the treat- ment of many of which I have con- \