The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 71
r the last eighteen months the mechanical appliances which are shown in the drawing. To the shoe of the sound limb a steel plate corresponding to the sole of the shoe is attached by two or three upright rods, two and a half or three inches in length, so as to raise the foot from the ground ; it is… … 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…
Medicine
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