In FRONT OF THE LEG AND INSTEP the _Anter. Tibial Artery_ descends along middle of front of leg and instep. Compress artery above wound.
In the SOLE OF THE FOOT the _Post. Tibial and Peroneal Arteries_ descend behind ankle-bones; the former supplies branches, which spread out on sole of foot. Compress by a pad behind inner ankle-bone; if this fails, place pads behind outer ankle-bone and on middle of front of the ankle.
In dislocations generally, and displacement of cartilage, tendons &c., and also sprains and bruises, flannels soaked in warm water may be applied frequently, or warm bran poultices. This kind of treatment will almost always be suitable in the first instance. After some time has elapsed, when a little inflammation sets in, which mostly occurs some hours after the injury has been sustained, apply cloths soaked in cold water or cooling lotion, and repeat them as often as they get dry; if they are pleasant when applied, that will be an indication that they are suitable.
Displacement of cartilage, tendons, and similar injuries as Mr. Jackson points out are of frequent occurrence, and require very close attention and considerable experience to understand them. Theory is quite insufficient of itself to enable an operator to ascertain the nature of, and rectify the displacement. Such cases may be remedied by a simple manipulation, but it must be a carefully studied one, and acquired by constant practice.
Another form of accident is that of ruptured muscles which frequently come under the Bone-setter’s care; an illustration of a ruptured biceps is given in fig. 35 and fig. 38, shows the _rectus femioris_ rupture.
These useful hints can hardly be called superfluous in a manual on the art of the Bone-setter, which is admittedly “a neglected corner of the domain of surgery.”
——“If our virtues Did not go forth of us, ’twere all alike as if we had them not.”—_Shakespeare._
In the foregoing pages I have quoted the testimony of many persons of eminence who have been relieved of their ailments and cured by the art of the Bone-setter, when regular surgeons have failed to accomplish that desirable result. One, at least, of the cases thus published was contributed by one of my own patients without my knowledge. I have thought it my duty in vindicating my special art to give prominence to the opinion of others. I have shown how the sneers of the faculty have been turned to doubts, and under many who went forth to scoff at the despised “Bone-setter” remained to pray. Our so-called secrets have been appropriated and published, but our skill and reputation remain. In justice to myself I have added the testimony of a few of the many hundred patients who have sought and found relief at my hands. These testimonies are very gratifying to me as they include the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire, and many clergymen and gentlemen of reputation and position, as well as a few of the general patients who from day to day and from week to week seek relief at my hands.