A treatise on the etiology, pathology, and treatment of congenital dislocations of the head of the femur (1850) (14590008849)

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Title: A treatise on the etiology, pathology, and treatment of congenital dislocations of the head of the femur

Year: 1850 (1850s)

Authors: Carnochan, J. M. (John Murray), 1817-1887

Subjects: Femur Head Dislocations

Publisher: New York, Wood

Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries

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e conjoined tendons, in their passage totheir insertion, pushing downwards and backwards thebrim of the pelvis, conduce to change the axes of thepelvis, and to render nearly vertical, in the erect posture,the crests of the ilia. The increased transverse diameterof the inferior strait and the almost horizontal directionof the rami of the pubes, and of the ischia, where theyform the arch, as well as the outward direction and in-creased separation of the tuberosities of the ischia, can beaccounted for by the perverted action of the quadratusfemoris, the gemelli, the obturatores, and perhaps the upperfibres of the adductor magnus.* Vide Plates vi.and vii. The case just related presents comparatively but littlecomplication beyond the dislocation itself; in another,which I had an opportunity of examining, and which Inow introduce, complications of various kinds will be * This case was originally furnished by me to the N. Y. Journal of Medicine, andpublished in the XXXI. No., for July, 1848.

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/£ liA >fS*--onyl:Mcjt EXPLANATION OF PLATE No. VIII Antero-latcral view of a Male Pelvis, with Double Congenital Dislocation of theFemurs upon the Dorsa of the Ilia, from a person aged about sixty. A. The right Femur deformed, bent, and stunted. B. The left Femur stunted and fractured towards its upper extremity.a. Anterior Superior Spinous process of the Ilium. I). Anterior Inferior Spinous process of the Ilium. c. Deep Groove under the Anterior Inferior Spinous process of the Ilium, in which has played the conjoined tendon of the Psoas Magnus and Iliaeus Internes. d. The remains of the Head and Neck of the right Femur, now atrophied. The old Capsular Ligament, now converted into a cord-like structure, is firmlyinserted into the upper extremity of the Femur. r. The Ancient Capsular Ligament agglomerated into a dense fibrous Ligamentous Cord. The Ligamentum Teres may have become incorporated with the fibrous Cord./. The margin of a small oval-shaped cavity in the Original Capsule

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