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... of a class of affections hitherto considered within the limits of a chapter or an article in a cyclopædia . A few years since , the treatment of ankylosis was limited to frictions , manipulations , and mechanical extension , PREFACE . ix.
... of a class of affections hitherto considered within the limits of a chapter or an article in a cyclopædia . A few years since , the treatment of ankylosis was limited to frictions , manipulations , and mechanical extension , PREFACE . ix.
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... manipulations , and mechanical extension , and chiefly confined to mechanists or em- pirical practitioners , and was rarely successful . The application of tenotomy has introduced this neglected field of exertion to the notice of the ...
... manipulations , and mechanical extension , and chiefly confined to mechanists or em- pirical practitioners , and was rarely successful . The application of tenotomy has introduced this neglected field of exertion to the notice of the ...
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... manipulations ; or that the inflammation of the joint having been very acute or of long duration , and the patient's health , or even his life , having been endangered by constitutional disturbance , the friends and the patient feel too ...
... manipulations ; or that the inflammation of the joint having been very acute or of long duration , and the patient's health , or even his life , having been endangered by constitutional disturbance , the friends and the patient feel too ...
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... manipulations of the native medical practitioners . It appears not improbable , that a greater natural looseness of the articulations in the inhabitants of warm climates , and some influence exercised by an elevated temperature , in re ...
... manipulations of the native medical practitioners . It appears not improbable , that a greater natural looseness of the articulations in the inhabitants of warm climates , and some influence exercised by an elevated temperature , in re ...
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... manipulations , baths , & c . The first and second stages usually engage but little time ; the last , which is commonly of longest duration , be- comes often very tedious . The cure of false ankylosis requires , under the most ...
... manipulations , baths , & c . The first and second stages usually engage but little time ; the last , which is commonly of longest duration , be- comes often very tedious . The cure of false ankylosis requires , under the most ...
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2d Edition abscess achillis adductor adductor longus adhesions affected Anatomy ankle ankle-joint anky ankylosis of knee apparatus application articular surfaces articulation biceps bones cartilage cause cicatrisation cloth Club-foot complete condyle consequent considerable contraction contracture crutch Cured by division deformity disease displacement distortion ensued exercise exists extended position extension extensor external condyle extremities false ankylosis fascia fascia lata femoris femur fibres fibula flexed flexion foot frictions gastrocnemii gradually heel hip-joint immobility inches incomplete ankylosis inflammation joint knee-ankylosis knee-joint lameness ligaments limb London longus losis luxation manipulations mechanical metatarsal motion muscular natural occasionally operation osseous ossification pain paralysis patella patient phalanx posterior practitioner present punctures rectus femoris rendered restoration result rheumatic rigidity rotation Section of hamstrings shortening slight splint stiff straightening structures strumous suppuration Surgeon surgical synovial membrane tendo Achillis tendons tenotomy thigh tibia tion tissues Treatise on Club-foot treatment true ankylosis varus vertebræ walk weeks
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