A system of surgery / Benjamin Bell . e dy be in any way altered without affect-ing the thigh. In the reduction of a fra&ure of thisbone, much difficulty was formerly ex-perienced from the pofition in which thelimb was put during the operation. Thebody being placed either upon the floor,on a table, or in a bed, the limb was thenextended, by which all the mufcles con-nected with it were put upon the ftretch;and as the extenfion was continued tillthe bones were replaced, when this wasaccomplifhed with difficulty, the mufcleswere often either violently tore afunder,or fo much weakened a
A system of surgery / Benjamin Bell . e dy be in any way altered without affect-ing the thigh. In the reduction of a fra&ure of thisbone, much difficulty was formerly ex-perienced from the pofition in which thelimb was put during the operation. Thebody being placed either upon the floor,on a table, or in a bed, the limb was thenextended, by which all the mufcles con-nected with it were put upon the ftretch;and as the extenfion was continued tillthe bones were replaced, when this wasaccomplifhed with difficulty, the mufcleswere often either violently tore afunder,or fo much weakened as not to be after-wards fit ; for fome of the muf-cles of the thigh being among the ftrong-eft in the body, a very confiderable forcewas required to overcome the refinancethey afforded. But if the mufcles of thelimb are relaxed, by making the thighform an obtufe angle with the body,while the joint of the knee is moderate-ly bent, it is furprifing with what eafewe may, in moil cafes, place the bones in Plate. j;xxu. 3T( TIG. 4. . FIG, 2.
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