A system of surgery / Benjamin Bell . Sea. XIII. at the Hip-Joint. 261 The patient is laid upon his back acrofsa bed, and firmly fecured by an affiflantor two: A broad flrap, or table-clothproperly folded, is palled between histhighs and over the groin on the foundfide, and given to two other affiflants :A fimilar ftrap is palfed round the lux-ated thigh as near as poffible to the headof it} the ends of which muft be givento an afliftant Handing on the oppo-fite fide : The belt reprefented in PlateLXXVII. fig. 3. being previously fixedupon the under part of the thigh, the{traps connected with
A system of surgery / Benjamin Bell . Sea. XIII. at the Hip-Joint. 261 The patient is laid upon his back acrofsa bed, and firmly fecured by an affiflantor two: A broad flrap, or table-clothproperly folded, is palled between histhighs and over the groin on the foundfide, and given to two other affiflants :A fimilar ftrap is palfed round the lux-ated thigh as near as poffible to the headof it} the ends of which muft be givento an afliftant Handing on the oppo-fite fide : The belt reprefented in PlateLXXVII. fig. 3. being previously fixedupon the under part of the thigh, the{traps connected with it are given to anaffiflant or two, while the knee is fup-ported by another affiflant with the legmoderately bent. The thigh is now tobe moderately ftretched by the affiflantswho have the charge of the ft raps at theunder part of it; but the extenfionfhould not be carried farther than whatmay be confidered as necefiary for draw-ing the head of the bone down to theunder part of the foramen ovale 1, andthis we may always effect with a
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