The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 145
141 Cutter, Excision of Bones. 1866.] E. D. Hudson, of New York City, with an order from the Surgeon General to have an apparatus made and applied. The following is the description of the appliance given me by the doctor : — Fig. 2. … 1st. A scapular piece fitted over the shoulder, with an artificial acro- mion process for & point oVappui. 2d. A somewhat spiral humeral case of wood and leather, to fit and encircle the whole arm snugly, to keep the muscles in place, and supply fixedness. 3d. An arthrodial joint (oscillatory), to…
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