Chapter IX: The Testimony of My Patients

“—— If our virtues Did not go forth of us, ’twere all alike as if we had them not.”—SHAKESPEARE.

Testimonies from the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire-Lady John
Scott—The Rev. Dr. Dixon, Canon of Worcester—Rev. H. G. de
Bunsen, Rural Dean of Shrifnal—The Rev. R. Skipworth—The
Proprietor of the _Leamington Spa Courier_—Mr. Pluncknett,
etc., etc. 137

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE

PLATE I.—The HUMAN SKELETON 1

PLATE II.—DISLOCATIONS:— 19

Fig. 1. finger; 2. thumb; 3. hand and radius
forward; 4. radius back; 5. humerus;
6. shoulder joint; 7. humerus; 8. radius
forward.

PLATE III.—DISLOCATIONS:— 35

9. elbow; 10. radius back; 11. jaw; 12. hip
outward; 13. hip inwards.

PLATE IV.—DISLOCATIONS:— 68

14. shoulder joint; 15. foot inwards; 16. foot
backwards; 17. knee-joint; 18. elbow.

PLATE V.—FRACTURES:— 88

19. un-united fracture; 20. pelvis; 21. humerus;
22. scapula; 23. jaw; 24. femur.

PLATE VI.—FRACTURES:— 95

25. humerus, lower extremity; 26. humerus;
27. ulna; 28. leg (fibula).

PLATE VII.—FRACTURES ETC.:— 103

29. a dislocated spine; 30. Colles’ fracture;
31. Colles’ fracture; 32. fractured patella;
33. fractured femur; 34. ruptured
biceps.

PLATE VIII.—RUPTURES AND DISLOCATIONS:— 116

36. Pott’s fracture (showing sinews); 37.
Pott’s fracture (badly set); 38. rupture of
the rectus femoris; 39. dislocation of the
metatarsus; 40. dislocation of metatarsal
bones.

THE ART

OF THE

BONE-SETTER.