The American practice condensed, or The family physician : being the scientific system of medicine ... . y separated from each other, and the foot turned outward Mode of Reduction.—The patient is to be laid upon his opposite side,thekneebent so as to form a right angle with the body. The right hand of the operatorshould be placed on the outside of the knee, his left hand on the inside 01the thigh, as high as possible. The thigh should be made a lever, theri^ht hand a power, the left used as an opposing power. The left hand shouldraise the head of the bone from its new bed, and the right carry
The American practice condensed, or The family physician : being the scientific system of medicine ... . y separated from each other, and the foot turned outward Mode of Reduction.—The patient is to be laid upon his opposite side,thekneebent so as to form a right angle with the body. The right hand of the operatorshould be placed on the outside of the knee, his left hand on the inside 01the thigh, as high as possible. The thigh should be made a lever, theri^ht hand a power, the left used as an opposing power. The left hand shouldraise the head of the bone from its new bed, and the right carry it oppositeto its socket. Should there be any difficulty of reducing this dislocation inthis manner, let it be done by extension and counter-extension. A sheet, foldedlongitudinally, is first to be placed over the groin or under the perinseum ; oneend must he carried behind the patient, the other before, and then either heldby assistants, or fastened to one of the legs or posts of the bed. Thus the 64 606 THE REFORMED PRACTICE OF SURGERY Fig. 6. Dislocation of the Femur or Thigh-bone on the Diagnosis or Symptoms. 1st. The limb is one, two, or two and a half inches shorter than theother. 2d. The toe rests upon the tarsus of the other foot, the knee and footbeing turned inward. 3d. The dislocated leg is nearly locked, admitting of but very little motion,but may be flexed or bent, and brought across the other. 4th. The head of the thigh-bone may be felt when motion of the limbis made, or when rotated inward, except the swelling be too great. Again ,it is less prominent than the other. DISLOCATIONS. 607 Fig. 7.
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