A Text-Book of Fractures and Dislocations: With Special Reference to Their Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment (Classic Reprint)

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IN the preparation of this work the author has carefully culled from the literature the information which seemed most helpful and with it has combined his own ideas and experience in order to cover the field and to present a clear understanding of this important branch of surgery. Much of the clinical and all of the statistical material has been obtained at the Cook County Hospital, Chicago. Although the author has personally performed the labor of writing the text and gathering the illustrations, for all of which he alone is responsible, he has been fortunate in receiving the helpful cooperation of his colleagues in the hospitals with which he is connected and of members of the Chicago Surgical Societyfi He wishes here to express his appreciation of their kindness if at'any place in the text he has failed to make more specific acknowledgment.

It has come to be appreciated in all branches of medical teaching and research that a basic knowledge of pathology is of prime impor tance, so it is believed that clear conception of osseous injuries and their repair is essential to an understanding of fractures. Better treatment results. For this reason the author has selected examples of different types of usual fracture pathology and endeavored to bring them before the reader's eye by means of line drawings which illus trate the essential points. Every illustration of this character is a careful reproduction of a tracing made from a Roentgenogmm of an actual case. The Artist, Mr. Streedain, and the author have worked for nearly two years preparing these drawings, checking and rechecking each one' until it conveyed the author's conception of the lesion. No one can read all roentgenograms with positive assurance. The author's obligations to Dr. Blaine, Roentgenologist to the Cook County Hos pital, for his friendly cooperation in this part of the work are gratefully recorded. The Artist has attempted to differentiate the shadows of bones more distant from the observer by lighter lines, and where two shadows overlap has indicated the one more remote by dotted lines. Cutaneous landmarks, lines of incisions with skin clips and plaster dressings have been occasionally indicated for obvious reasons.

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