Subcutaneous section of the internal condyle of the femur for the relief of genu-valgum, after the method of Ogston : with a report of two cases : also, remarks upon the operative treatment of this deformity / by Geo. R. Fowler and Lewis S. Pilcher.

  • Fowler, George R. (George Ryerson), 1848-1906.
Date:
1879
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Credit: Subcutaneous section of the internal condyle of the femur for the relief of genu-valgum, after the method of Ogston : with a report of two cases : also, remarks upon the operative treatment of this deformity / by Geo. R. Fowler and Lewis S. Pilcher. 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 two following cases, occurring in my own practice, were submitted to this operation with the most gratifying results: Case i.—Joseph Redman, aged 19; a baker by occupation; born in Germany; one year in this country. About three years ago, and shortly after being apprenticed to his present trade, he noticed the deformity. It steadily increased, and when he came under my observation it was in the Fig. 3. —rT|. /| K if stmte1 » i; v N3 Fig. 4. condition shown in Fig. 3, from a photograph. On Nov. 26th, 1878, 1 performed Ogston’s operation as above described, under the carbolic spray, in the presence of Drs. Pilcher, Jewett, Hunt, Elmendorf and King. 1 he anaesthetic used was ether. After the operation the wound