A hand-book of surgery: with fifty illustrations . tions toremove swelliDg and pain. Afterwards, if any stiffness remains,stimulating friction may be used. Subluxation implies a partial removal of the head of a bone froman articulating surface. Recent and old, are terms applied to luxa-tions with reference to the period which may have elapsed, and thechanges which may have occurred by adhesions, &c. Compound Luxation.—This is connected with a wound in theinteguments, fracture of bone, laceration of large vessels, &c. Thesame principles apply as in compound fracture. The same contin-gencies of
A hand-book of surgery: with fifty illustrations . tions toremove swelliDg and pain. Afterwards, if any stiffness remains,stimulating friction may be used. Subluxation implies a partial removal of the head of a bone froman articulating surface. Recent and old, are terms applied to luxa-tions with reference to the period which may have elapsed, and thechanges which may have occurred by adhesions, &c. Compound Luxation.—This is connected with a wound in theinteguments, fracture of bone, laceration of large vessels, &c. Thesame principles apply as in compound fracture. The same contin-gencies of age, temperament, and constitution, will influence thetreatment. The question of amputation is first to be considered,and then the reduction. The after treatment would be that for awound of the joint: careful closure of the wound,—prevention ofinflammation by antiphlogistic means; if possible preventing sup-puration, anchylosis, and tetanus. DISLOCATION OF THE JAW. Dislocation of the jaw may be caused by spasm of the pterygoid Fig. muscles when yawnmg,or by a blow on the chinwhen the mouth is wideopen. The condyles arepushed forwards, and restin front of the base of thezygomatic process of thetemporal bone. Symptoms.—The mouthgapes and cannot be shut,the glenoid cavity is va-cant, and there is a promi-nence felt beneath the zy-goma; the saliva trickles,articulation is prevented,and there is great pain. DISLOCATION OF THE RIBS. 53 Treatment,—The patient should be seated on a low stool, and thesurgeon standing in front, should press his thumbs, properly pro-tected, upon the last molar teeth, at the same time elevating thechin with the fingers. The condyles are thus extracted from theirunnatural position, and returned to their socket by the normal actionof the muscles, which produces an audible noise. In difficult cases,greater leverage may be obtained by using two forks or strong piecesof wood, connected by a string in such a way that it will elevatethe chin, whilst t
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