A treatise on orthopedic surgery . e is the Thomas kneebrace. This consists of two lateraluprights which support the limb oneither side, terminating below thefoot in a crossbar shod with leatheror rubber, which serves as a stilt,and above in a ring that fits theupper extremity of the thigh, andsupports the weight of the brace is made of iron wire fromthree-sixteenths to three-eighths ofan inch in thickness. The ring isThe Bradford-Goidthwait genu- ^f ^^ irregular ovoid shape, flat- clast for the correction of flexion , f i i i i • i tened m front, expanded behindand wider on the inner
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . e is the Thomas kneebrace. This consists of two lateraluprights which support the limb oneither side, terminating below thefoot in a crossbar shod with leatheror rubber, which serves as a stilt,and above in a ring that fits theupper extremity of the thigh, andsupports the weight of the brace is made of iron wire fromthree-sixteenths to three-eighths ofan inch in thickness. The ring isThe Bradford-Goidthwait genu- ^f ^^ irregular ovoid shape, flat- clast for the correction of flexion , f i i i i • i tened m front, expanded behindand wider on the inner than on theouter side (Fig. 298). This ringis welded to the uprights at a lateraland antero-posterior lateral inclination forms anangle with the inner bar of 135 de-grees (Fig. 300), the antero-posterior inclination forms ananterior angle of 145 degrees (Fig. 298) with the same upright,which is set upon the ring at a point slightly in advance of itsfellow. The objects of the shape of the ring and of its inclina-. deformity and subluxation at theknee. Counterpressure is ap-plied over the lower extremity ofthe femur. Subluxation is pre-vented during the forcible cor-rection by means of the screw andstrap beneath the head of thetibia, by which it is drawn for-ward. TUBEBCULOUS DISEASE OF THE KNEE-JOINT. 433 tion are these: its anterior part is flattened to conform to thesurface of the gioin; its posterior segment is expanded to ac-commodate the thickness of the buttock; the antero-posterior in-clination adjusts it to the tuberosity of the ischium. The lateralinclination follows the line of Pouparts ligament from the innerto the outer bar, which in order to assure better support and lesspressure, rises above the level of the trochanter major. Tig. 298. Fig. 299.
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