Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy - with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray (1912) (14756847872)

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Title: Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy : with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray

Year: 1912 (1910s)

Authors: Martin, James Madison, 1866-1947

Subjects: Electrotherapeutics X-rays Diagnosis, Radioscopic Eye Electric Stimulation Therapy X-Ray Therapy Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures

Publisher: St. Louis : C.V. Mosby

Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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ractare of the internal malleolus. In and Near the Ankle.—Fractures of the ankle-joint involve allthe bones of that region. The tibia, fibula, and tarsal bones areinvolved separately or in combination. Sprains of the ankle, socalled, are generally fractures. Potts fracture is probably the mostfrequent injury in this region. A typical Potts is a fracture ofthe lower end of the fibula within its lower third, with a fractureof the malleolar process of the tibia. Many modifications of Potts 331 PRACTICAL ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS AND X-RAY THERAPY fracture are seen. Fig. 160 is a skiagraph of a fractured ankle, inwhich the fibula was obliquely fractured 3 inches from the lowerend, with a longitudinal fracture of the external malleolus of thetibia, with the fragment slightly displaced. Skiagraph 1 was madesome time after the injury. The patient complained of considera-ble pain, and, as there was some question as to the extent of theinjury, an x-ray examination was asked for. The reduction was

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Fig. 162.—Typical Potts fracture. made and a plaster of paris dressing applied in the laboratory,when skiagraph 2 was made. This picture shows that the appo-sition of the fragments was as nearly perfect as it was possible toget them. Here the x-ray scored a victory by giving an almostperfect ankle to this good woman and saving the reputation of theattending physician. Fig. 161 is a skiagraph made several weeks after the injury. X-RAY IN FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS 335 The internal malleolus is fractured and the fragment slightly dis-placed. There was a suit for malpractice against the physician whoattended the injury. In skiagraphing cases of Potts fracture, thebest position for the patient is to sit or lie on the table, so as toobtain an anteroposterior exposure. Fractures in a longitudinaldirection are sometimes best exhibited from a lateral view, and8x10 plates are about the correct size. The compression diaphragm,

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