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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

REID, William Wharry (1799 – 1866)

1799 – 1866

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1851 CE–1852 CE

#4418

Dislocation of the femur on the dorsum ilii, reducible without pulleys, or any other mechanical power, three cases.

REID, William Wharry (1799 – 1866)

Reduction of dislocation without manipulation. Reid demonstrated the futility of attempting to reduce a dorsal dislocation of the hip by forcible longitudinal traction with pulleys.