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Infection through time: Treatment Book

Image of a treatment book dating from 1906

Treatment book
[Reproduced with kind permission of Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital ]

3rd April 1906
Name blanked out - age 6
Disease - Tubercular Knee (right) knee very much flexed and swollen. Thomas bed splint applied.
Sept 4th:- Calliper put on
Nov 1st:- Child send home walking well.
1908
April 18th:- Left in Thomas bed splint - plaster and crutches.

[Reproduced with kind permission of Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital ]

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