The apparatus used by the Greek and Romans in the setting of fractures and the reduction of dislocations.

  • Milne, John Stewart, 1871-
Date:
1909
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Credit: The apparatus used by the Greek and Romans in the setting of fractures and the reduction of dislocations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fitted into a specially pre- pared upright supported on an ornamented base. After Scultetus. Fig. 18. The scamnum in dislocation in- wards of the thigh. Counterextension main- tained by the horizontal bar. Fig. 19A. Anterior and posterior views of the machine of Fabrus. (After Vidius.) Between them is an ambe which has at its axillary end a bolt to fit into the top cross- bar of the machine. The power varies only with the ratio of the diameter of the axle to length of crank. The pulleys do not multiply power.