A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The Giifflths brace. (Jones.) the patient recognizing the character of the movements that arelikely to cause the displacement, also the proper manipulationfor its replacement. In other instances somewhat similar symptoms may followinjury at the knee, pinching of the synovial membrane, bruis-ing or fracture of the cartilage, or a strain of one of the liga-ments within the joint, being assigned as causes. In cases ofthis character, in which symptoms recur from time to time, thejoint becomes weak and insecure, partly because of the re-peated synovial effusion an
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The Giifflths brace. (Jones.) the patient recognizing the character of the movements that arelikely to cause the displacement, also the proper manipulationfor its replacement. In other instances somewhat similar symptoms may followinjury at the knee, pinching of the synovial membrane, bruis-ing or fracture of the cartilage, or a strain of one of the liga-ments within the joint, being assigned as causes. In cases ofthis character, in which symptoms recur from time to time, thejoint becomes weak and insecure, partly because of the re-peated synovial effusion and partly because of the muscularrelaxation. Treatment.—If the patient is seen immediately after the dis-placement or injury the limb should be fixed in a plaster bandagefor four weeks or more to allow for reattachment of the displacedpart. Afterward the joint may be protected by the adhesivel^laster strapping, and when the effusion has been absorbed NON-TUBEBCULOVS AFFECTIONS OF KNEE-JOINT. 451 massage and exercises for strength
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