Modern surgery, general and operative . Fig. 384.—Thomass poste-rior splint. Tuberculosis of the Hip-joint 629 Abduction demands no special treatment. In a movable joint it will dis-appear, and in an ankylosed joint it is an advantage, compensating by apparentlengthening for the shortening due to bone-absorption or to stunted groAvthof the limb. Adduction requires an addition of several pounds to the extensionweight, the use of a long splint on the sound limb, and the drawing up ofthe sound side by a rope and pulley toward the head of the bed. The weightused to pull the sound side toward the h
Modern surgery, general and operative . Fig. 384.—Thomass poste-rior splint. Tuberculosis of the Hip-joint 629 Abduction demands no special treatment. In a movable joint it will dis-appear, and in an ankylosed joint it is an advantage, compensating by apparentlengthening for the shortening due to bone-absorption or to stunted groAvthof the limb. Adduction requires an addition of several pounds to the extensionweight, the use of a long splint on the sound limb, and the drawing up ofthe sound side by a rope and pulley toward the head of the bed. The weightused to pull the sound side toward the head of the bed is equal to that usedto pull the diseased side to the foot of the bed. This expedient is used for amonth or six weeks. In old cases, in which the weight ^ill not bring about extension, the patient is anesthetized,the limb is gently straightened a verylittle, and the weight is Fig. 3S5.—SajTes long splint. Fi2
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