The practice of surgery : embracing minor surgery and the application of dressings, etc., etc., etc. . knee, and made fast to a point behind the axis of the body, so as todraw the bone backwards. The head of the bone is lifted overthe pubes and edge of the acetabulum by means of a band ortowel, and drops into its place. The subsequent treatment is thesame as in the other cases. DISLOCATIONS OF THE KNEE JOINT. Dislocation of the Patella.—Dislocation of the patellamay occur in three ways : outwards, inwards, and upwards. A. DISLOCATION OF THE KNEE JOINT. 233 partial dislocation of the patella ou
The practice of surgery : embracing minor surgery and the application of dressings, etc., etc., etc. . knee, and made fast to a point behind the axis of the body, so as todraw the bone backwards. The head of the bone is lifted overthe pubes and edge of the acetabulum by means of a band ortowel, and drops into its place. The subsequent treatment is thesame as in the other cases. DISLOCATIONS OF THE KNEE JOINT. Dislocation of the Patella.—Dislocation of the patellamay occur in three ways : outwards, inwards, and upwards. A. DISLOCATION OF THE KNEE JOINT. 233 partial dislocation of the patella outwards is not uncommon, andis attended with faintness and a sickening pain. Luxation outwards is the most common. Diagnosis.—The nature of the accident is self-evident. Treatment.—The patient is placed in the recumbent position,the leg is raised by the heel, which relaxes the muscles of thethigh, the surgeon now presses down the edge of the patella far-thest from the joint, and the bone glides over the condyle of thefemur into its normal position. Dislocation of the patella upwards is caused by the rupture ofthe ligamentum patella?, whilst the bone is drawn upwards by theaction of the rectus femoris muscle. Treatment.—Local depletion and evaporating or cold applica-tions are to be used for the first six or seven days ; then the sameapparatus should be applied as recommended in fracture of thepatella, and continued one month, before passive motion is com-municated to the joint. Dislocation of the Tibia.—Dis
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