. The principles and practice of surgery. rge majority ofEuropean surgeons adopt essentially the same practice to-day. In 1855, Dr. Henry G. Davis, of this city, announced a new method oftreating hip-joint disease with a portative extension apparatus, by whichhe proposed to combine mobility with diminished friction of the jointsurfaces. I have already, when speaking of the treatment of chronicsynovitis, alluded to the importance of passive motion as a means ofcure, whenever an attempt is made to re-establish the natural functionsof the part. It was precisely this end which Dr. Davis proposed t
. The principles and practice of surgery. rge majority ofEuropean surgeons adopt essentially the same practice to-day. In 1855, Dr. Henry G. Davis, of this city, announced a new method oftreating hip-joint disease with a portative extension apparatus, by whichhe proposed to combine mobility with diminished friction of the jointsurfaces. I have already, when speaking of the treatment of chronicsynovitis, alluded to the importance of passive motion as a means ofcure, whenever an attempt is made to re-establish the natural functionsof the part. It was precisely this end which Dr. Davis proposed toaccomplish by his Of the importance of the principle as ap-plied to certain stages of the disease there can be no doubt, but as tothe competency of the apparatus to accomplish the end proposed there Conservative Surgery, by Henry G. Davis, 1867. HIP-JOINT DISEASE. 441 is some difference of opinion, and for this reason the portative apparatusfirst devised by Davis has undergone many changes in the hands of Fig. Fig. Fig. 201. BarwelTs Wire GauzeSplint.
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