On Modern Methods of Treating Fractures (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Groves, Ernest W. Hey

9781332025633: On Modern Methods of Treating Fractures (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from On Modern Methods of Treating Fractures

The x rays, discovered at the end of the last century, quickly gave ready explanation of the most important factor in the causation of this state of affairs, by demonstrating that gross mal-union accompanied most cases of lasting disablement. This demonstration has convinced all except those who wish to remain blind that the basic idea of the old treatment of frac tures - viz., that of 'setting' the bone - was largely mythical; and if we. Once admit that we cannot 'set' a broken bone, then we must be prepared to deal with it in some other way.

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Excerpt from On Modern Methods of Treating Fractures

The following small book is the outcome of several years of close experimental and clinical study of the problems of fracture treatment. It embodies the work I did on fractures in animals with the assistance of grants which were made to me by the Science Committee of the British Medical Association, and the Hunterian Lecture which I delivered in 1914. But in the present volume I have also endeavoured to examine critically the various methods of fracture treatment which are of practical importance to the modern surgeon, and to indicate the conditions in which one or another ought to be employed.

My principal aims have been two. First, to show that the various methods of treatment should all be brought into our service as occasion requires, instead of being regarded as independent, rival, or mutually destruction systems. And, secondly, to emphasize the necessity for mechanical accuracy and efficiency in dealing with what after all is largely a mechanical problem.

The chapter on Massage and Mobilization has been largely taken from Dr. Mennell's book, and for the figures in that section I am indebted to Dr. Mennell and to Mr. Pirie Watson, to whom I tender my grateful thanks.

The rest of the book represents the author's personal experiments and clinical practice, and there has been no attempt to deal with the vast literature on the subject, because this would have greatly extended the size of the book and confused its main objects set forth above.

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