. Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy : with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray . ocation of the femur in a boy 6 years old. Congenital dislocations at the hip are more common than onewould think. Dislocations of this kind may result from violenceduring delivery or in utero from violence to the mother. is a skiagraph of the hips and pelvis of a boy 6 yearsof age, who, it is claimed, was a cripple from birth. It will benoticed that the right acetabulum is almost completely femur appears we
. Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy : with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray . ocation of the femur in a boy 6 years old. Congenital dislocations at the hip are more common than onewould think. Dislocations of this kind may result from violenceduring delivery or in utero from violence to the mother. is a skiagraph of the hips and pelvis of a boy 6 yearsof age, who, it is claimed, was a cripple from birth. It will benoticed that the right acetabulum is almost completely femur appears well formed, though slightly straighter thanthe other. This child appeared in perfect health, and was certainlyan ideal case for the Lorenz method of treatment. X-RAY IN FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS 347 Fig. 173 represents another case of congenital dislocation of thefemur. This child was 3 years old and was in excellent had learned to walk, and was able to get around remark-ably well, considering his condition. This was another casethat should have been treated by the Lorenz method. Un-fortunately the author lost sight of both cases of congenital dis-. Fig. 173.—Congenital dislocation of the hip. location of the hip shown in Figs. 172 and 173. These cases shouldhave the femurs reduced according to the Lorenz method and skia-graphs made during the period of recovery. By this means muchinformation could be gained as to the actual changes that take placein re-establishing the acetabulum, and making for the patient a hip 348 PRACTICAL ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS AND X-RAY THERAPY that comes very close to the normal in both appearance and func-tion. Fig. 174 plainly shows an old ununited intracapsular fractureof the head of the femur. It will be seen that the greater trochan-ter is too high, and there is a marked displacement downward of
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