The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . Flexion of thigh iu hip-disease ; pelvis in normal Flexion in hip-disease. Third stage of hip-disease. Obliquity of pelvis and arching of lumbar spine wheulimbs are parallel. between itself and the bed. Then take the thigh and bend it up till it standsat an an^le of 45°. Again examine the lumbar spine, which will now befomid toiie flat. Replace the thio;h on the bed, slowly and steadily, whilethe hand is still kept behind the loins. If there be flexion, as is very gener
The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . Flexion of thigh iu hip-disease ; pelvis in normal Flexion in hip-disease. Third stage of hip-disease. Obliquity of pelvis and arching of lumbar spine wheulimbs are parallel. between itself and the bed. Then take the thigh and bend it up till it standsat an an^le of 45°. Again examine the lumbar spine, which will now befomid toiie flat. Replace the thio;h on the bed, slowly and steadily, whilethe hand is still kept behind the loins. If there be flexion, as is very generalin this sta^e, the pelvis will be found to become more vertical as the limbdescends, and, since the shoulders are still on the pillow, the loins of necessityassume a very considerable incurvation. The third stage of hip-disease, is more than any other the period of ab-scess,^ although many cases may get well witliout suppuration. Those whomanifest laro-e dittuse swelling on the outer part of the thigh, or in the iliacfossa, do not often escape abscess. In the former case, the pus points gen-erallv half way down the tliis;h, either at tlie front or at the outer side;
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