Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints, with Their Deformities, Treated by a New and Efficient Method. (Enforced, Uninterrupted, and Prolonged Rest). INSCRIBED BY HUGH OWEN THOMAS. FIRST EDITION

THOMAS, Hugh Owen

Verlag: Liverpool: T. Dobb, [1875].

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4 leaves, iv, 101 pp, 1 leaf; 17 plates. Original cloth. 1/4" piece missing at top of spine (see photo). White ink stain on spine and covers (see photos). First Edition. INSCRIBED BY HUGH OWEN THOMAS: "With HOTs regards." Garrison-Morton 4340. "Thomas was an eccentric but very successful Liverpool surgeon descended from a line of successful but unscientifically trained bonesetters. He wrote extensively on the treatment of fractures and on the innovations he brought to that practice, but had his books published privately in small editions by an obscure Liverpool printer and made no effort to promote or publicize them--giving away, in all probability, more copies than he sold, and destroying all undistributed copies (Norman 2067 [the Norman copy was not inscribed])." "The value of Hugh Owen Thomas' practical contributions to the treatment of fractures cannot be overestimated. He was a brilliant theorist, a sound orthopedic surgeon, and a superb brace-maker. . . . At least three of the basic scientific precepts of fracture therapy are due to Thomas. Although they had of course been suggested before him, their application had been sporadic and empiric. He gave the rationale, calculated the result, and taught the principles. First was the rule of enforced and uninterrupted rest; second was the adverse effect of forcing the contracted joint; and third was the necessity for actively stimulating the circulation within the immobilized limb during the healing period" (Bick, Source Book of Orthopaedics, 2d ed., pp. 282-83; see pp. 279-83). Keith, Menders of the Maimed, pp. 35-62. Peltier, Orthopedics, a History and Iconography, pp. 152-55; Peltier, Fractures, A History and Iconography of Their Treatment, pp. 47-49. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 15196

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Titel: Diseases of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints,...

Verlag: Liverpool: T. Dobb, [1875].

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition