A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ain be referred to in connection with ancient dislo-cations, the accidents occurred when the arm was drawn upwards. LaMothe was the first to recommend this method,1 but as early as the year1764, Charles White, of Manchester, made fast a set of pulleys in theceiling, and, placing a band around the wrist of the dislocated arm, hedrew the patient up until the whole body was suspended. No pressure, 1 La Motlie, Amor. Jonrn. Med. Sci., vol. xix, p. 387, Nov. 1836, from Melangesde Med. et Chir., Paris, 1812. DISLOCATION OF THE HUMERUS DOWNWARDS. 5
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ain be referred to in connection with ancient dislo-cations, the accidents occurred when the arm was drawn upwards. LaMothe was the first to recommend this method,1 but as early as the year1764, Charles White, of Manchester, made fast a set of pulleys in theceiling, and, placing a band around the wrist of the dislocated arm, hedrew the patient up until the whole body was suspended. No pressure, 1 La Motlie, Amor. Jonrn. Med. Sci., vol. xix, p. 387, Nov. 1836, from Melangesde Med. et Chir., Paris, 1812. DISLOCATION OF THE HUMERUS DOWNWARDS. 589 however, was made upon the scapula from above, which is uo doubtthe most essential part of the By La Mothes plan, Jobertsucceeded after twenty-three days when all the usual methods Sometimes this procedure is modified by placing the hand ofthe operator against the top of the scapula, as is shown in the accom-panying drawing (Fig. 262); and I have several times succeeded in thisway after other measures have failed. Fig. La Mothes method, modified. A gentle movement backwards or forwards, a slight rotation of thelimb, or suddenly dropping the arm toward the body, diverting theattention of the patient, are little tricks of the operator, which nowand then prove successful. Fig. 263.
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