The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 71
67 Hutchison, Treatment of Morbus Coxarius. 1879.] To remove the weight of the body from the limb and to adopt some expe- dient that ivill allow the patient to get the benefit of open-air exercise, are both so evidently necessary as to require no special consideration. To accomplish the above… … should be high enough to prevent the toes of the affected limb from touch- ing the ground, and the sole should be covered with leather to avoid noise when walking. By these simple appliances we fulfil all the indications for the mechanical treatment of hip-joint disease. Immobility is obtained and…
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