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title: "Instruments of Reduction · Μοχλικός"
author: "Hippocrates"
translator: "Francis Adams"
languages: [grc, en]
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url: https://scriptura.si/works/hippocrates-instruments-of-reduction/1/
cite: "Hippocrates, tr. Francis Adams, Instruments of Reduction · Μοχλικός, section 1. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/hippocrates-instruments-of-reduction/1/"
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# Instruments of Reduction · Μοχλικός

*Hippocrates, tr. Francis Adams*

A summary of the treatment of fractures and dislocations.

> Greek: ed. Émile Littré, from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-greekLit, tlg0627.tlg011, CC BY-SA 4.0).

> English: Francis Adams, from the Perseus Digital Library (tlg0627.tlg011.perseus-eng2). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the references the two texts share (chapters and sections), cut where both reach the end of a sentence.

## 1. Sections 1–24

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/hippocrates-instruments-of-reduction/1/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/hippocrates-instruments-of-reduction/1/#p-N

[¶0] 1. With regard to the construction of bones, the bones and joints of the fingers are simple, the bones of the hand and foot are numerous, and articulated in various ways; the uppermost are the largest; the heel consists of one bone which is seen to project outward, and the back tendons are attached to it. The leg consists of two bones, united together above and below, but slightly separated in the middle; the external bone (fibula), where it comes into proximity with the little toe, is but slightly smaller than the other, more so where they are separated, and at the knee, the outer hamstring arises from it; these bones have a common epiphysis below, with which the foot is moved, and another epiphys is above in which is moved the articular extremity of the femur, which is simple and light in proportion to its length, in the form of a condyle, and having the patella (connected with it?), the femur itself bends outward and forward; its head is a round epiphysis which gives origin to ligament inserted in the acetabulum of the hip-joint. This bone is articulated somewhat obliquely, but less so than the humerus. The ischium is united to the great vertebra contiguous to the os sacrum by a cartilaginous ligament. The spine, from the os sacrum to the great vertebra, is curved backward; in this quarter are situated the bladder, the organs of generation, and the inclined portion of the rectum; from this to the diaphragm it proceeds in a straight line inclining forward, and the psoae are situated there; from this point, to the great vertebra above the tops of the shoulders, it rises in a line that is curved backward, and the curvature appears greater than it is in reality, for the posterior processes of the spine are there highest; the articulation of the neck inclines forward. The vertebrae on the inside are regularly placed upon one another, but behind they are connected by a cartilaginous ligament; they are articulated in the form of synarthrosis at the back part of the spinal marrow; behind they have a sharp process having a cartilaginous epiphysis, whence proceeds the roots of nerves running downward, as also muscles extending from the neck to the loins, and filling the space between the ribs and the spine. The ribs are connected to all the intervertebral spaces on the inside, from the neck to the lumbar region, by a small ligament, and before to the sternum, their extremities being spongy and soft; their form is the most arched in man of all animals; for in this part, man is, of all animals, the narrowest in proportion to his bulk. The ribs are united to each vertebra by a small ligament at the place from which the short and broad lateral processes (transverse processes?) arise. The sternum is one continuous bone, having lateral pits for the insertion of the ribs; it is of a spongy and cartilaginous structure. The clavicles are rounded in front, having some slight movements at the sternum, but more free at the acromion. The acromion, in man, arises from the scapula differently from most other animals. The scapula is cartilaginous toward the spine, and spongy elsewhere, having an irregular figure externally; its neck and articular cavity cartilaginous; it does not interfere with the movements of the ribs, and is free of all connection with the other bones, except the humerus. The head of the humerus is articulated with its (glenoid?) cavity, by means of a small ligament, and it consists of a rounded epiphysis composed of spongy cartilage, the humerus itself is bent outward and forward, and it is articulated with its (glenoid?) cavity by its side, and not in a straight line. At the elbow it is broad, and has condyles and cavities, and is of a solid consistence; behind it is a cavity in which the coronoid process (olecranon?) of the ulna is lodged, when the arm is extended; here, too, is inserted the benumbling nerve, which arises from between the two bones of the forearm at their junction, and terminates there.

> Greek: 1. 1. ὀστέων φύσις· δακτύλων μὲν ἁπλᾶ καὶ ὀστέα καὶ ἄρθρα· χειρὸς δὲ καὶ ποδὸς πουλλὰ, ἄλλα ἀλλοίως συνηρθρωμένα· μέγιστα δὲ τὰ ἀνωτάτω· πτέρνης δὲ ἓν οἷον ἔξω φαίνεται, πρὸς δὲ αὐτὴν οἱ ὀπίσθιοι τένοντες τείνουσιν. κνήμης δὲ δύο, ἄνωθεν καὶ κάτωθεν ξυνεχόμενα, κατὰ μέσον δὲ διέχοντα σμικρόν· τὸ ἔξωθεν, κατὰ τὸν σμικρὸν δάκτυλον λεπτότερον βραχεῖ, πλεῖστον δὲ ταύτῃ διεχούσῃ καὶ σμικροτέρῃ ῥοπῇ κατὰ γόνυ, καὶ ὁ τένων ἐξ αὐτοῦ πέφυκεν, ὁ παρὰ τὴν ἰγγύην ἔξω· ἔχουσι δὲ κάτωθεν κοινὴν ἐπίφυσιν, πρὸς ἣν ὁ ποὺς κινέεται· ἄλλην δὲ ἄνωθεν ἔχουσιν ἐπίφυσιν, ἐν ᾗ τὸ τοῦ μηροῦ ἄρθρον κινέεται, ἁπλόον καὶ εὐσταλὲς ὡς ἐπὶ μήκει· εἶδος κονδυλῶδες, ἔχον ἐπιμυλίδα· αὐτὸς δʼ ἔγκυ ρτος ἔξω καὶ ἔμπροσθεν· ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ ἐπίφυσίς ἐστι στρογγύλη, ἐξ ἧς τὸ νεῦρον τὸ ἐν τῇ κοτύλῃ τοῦ ἰσχίου πέφυκεν· ὑποπλάγιον δὲ καὶ τοῦτο προσήρτηται, ἧσσον δὲ βραχίονος. τὸ δʼ ἰσχίον προσίσχεται πρὸς τῷ μεγάλῳ σπονδύλῳ τῷ παρὰ τὸ ἱερὸν ὀστέον, χονδρονευρώδει δεσμῷ. ῥάχις δὲ ἀπὸ μὲν τοῦ ἱεροῦ ὀστέου μέχρι τοῦ μεγάλου σπονδύλου κυφή· κύστις τε καὶ γονὴ καὶ ἀρχοῦ τὸ ἐγκεκλιμένον, ἐν τούτῳ· ἀπὸ δὲ τούτου ἄχρι φρενῶν ἦλθεν ἡ ἰθύλορδος, καὶ αἱ ψόαι κατὰ τοῦτο· ἐντεῦθεν δὲ ἄχρι τοῦ μεγάλου σπονδύλου, τοῦ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐπωμίδων, ἰθυκυφής· ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον δοκέει, ἢ ἐστίν· αἱ γὰρ ὄπισθεν τῶν σπονδύλων ἀποφύσιες ταύτῃ ὑψηλόταται· τὸ δὲ τοῦ αὐχένος ἄρθρον, λορδόν. σπόνδυλοι δὲ ἔσωθεν ἄρτιοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἔξωθεν χόνδρων νεύρῳ συνεχόμενοι· ἡ δὲ ξυνάρθρωσις αὐτῶν, ἐν τῷ ὄπισθεν τοῦ νωτιαίου· ὄπισθεν δὲ ἔχουσιν ἔκφυσιν ὀξείην, ἔχουσαν ἐπίφυσιν χονδρώδεα, ἔνθεν νεύρων ἀπόφυσις καταφερὴς, ὥσπερ καὶ οἱ μύες παραπεφύκασιν ἀπὸ αὐχένος ἐς ὀσφὺν, πληρεῦντες δὲ πλευρέων καὶ ἀκάνθης τὸ μέσον. πλευραὶ δὲ κατὰ τὰς διαφύσιας τῶν σπονδύλων νευρίῳ προσπεφύκασιν ἀπʼ αὐχένος ἐς ὀσφὺν ἔσωθεν, ἐπίπροσθεν δὲ κατὰ τὸ στῆθος, χαῦνον καὶ μαλθακὸν τὸ ἄκρον ἔχουσαι· εἶδος ῥαιβοειδέστατον τῶν ζώων· στενότατος γὰρ ταύτῃ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπʼ ὄγκον· ᾗ δὲ δὴ πλευρῇσιν ἔκφυσις πλαγίη βραχείη καὶ πλατείη, ἐφʼ ἑκάστῳ σπονδύλῳ νευρίῳ προσπεφύκασιν. στῆθος δὲ ξυνεχὲς αὐτὸ ἑωυτῷ, διαφύσιας ἔχον πλαγίας, ᾗ πλευραὶ προσήρτηνται, χαῦνον δὲ καὶ χονδρῶδες. Κληῗδες δὲ περιφερέες ἐς τοὔμπροσθεν, ἔχουσαι πρὸς μὲν τὸ στῆθος βραχείας κινήσιας, πρὸς δὲ τὸ ἀκρώμιον συχνοτέρας. ἀκρώμιον δὲ ἐξ ὠμοπλατέων πέφυκεν, ἀνομοίως τοῖσι πλείστοισιν. Ὠμοπλάτη δὲ χονδρώδης τὸ πρὸς ῥάχιν, τὸ δʼ ἄλλο χαύνη, τὸ ἀνώμαλον ἔξω ἔχουσα, αὐχένα δὲ καὶ κοτύλην ἔχουσα χονδρώδεα, ἐξ ἧς αἱ πλευραὶ κίνησιν ἔχουσιν, εὐαπόλυτος ἐοῦσα ὀστέων, πλὴν βραχίονος. τούτου δὲ ἐκ τῆς κοτύλης νευρίῳ ἡ κεφαλὴ ἐξήρτηται, χόνδρου χαύνου περιφερῆ ἐπίφυσιν ἔχουσα· αὐτὸς δʼ ἔγκυρτος ἔξω καὶ ἔμπροσθεν, πλάγιος, οὐκ ὀρθὸς πρὸς κοτύλην. τὸ δὲ πρὸς ἀγκῶνα αὐτοῦ, πλατὺ καὶ κονδυλῶδες καὶ βαλβιδῶδες καὶ στερεὸν, ἔγκοιλον ὄπισθεν, ἐν ᾧ ἡ κορώνη ἡ ἐκ τοῦ πήχεος, ὅταν ἐκταθῇ ἡ χεὶρ, ἔνεστιν· ἐς τοῦτο καὶ τὸ ναρκῶδες νεῦρον, ὃ ἐκ τῆς διαφύσιος τῶν τοῦ πήχεος ὀστέων, ἐκ μέσων, ἐκπέφυκε καὶ περαίνεται.

[¶1] 2. When the nose is fractured, the parts should be modeled instantly, if possible. If the fracture be in its cartilaginous part, introduce into the nostrils a tent formed of caddis, inclosed in the outer skin of a Carthaginian hide, or anything else which does not irritate; the skin is to be glued to the parts displaced, which are to be thus rectified. Bandaging in this case does mischief. The treatment is to consist of flour with manna, or of sulphur with cerate. You will immediately adjust the fragments, and afterward retain them in place with your fingers introduced into the nostrils, and turning the parts into place; then the Carthaginian skin is to be used. Callius forms even when there is a wound; and the same things are to be done, even when there is to be exfoliation of the bones, for this is not of a serious nature.

> Greek: 2. 2. ῥὶς δὲ κατεαγεῖσα ἀναπλάσσεται, εἰ οἷόν τε, αὐθωρόν. κἢν μὲν οὖν ὁ χόνδρος, ἐντιθέναι ἄχνην ὀθονίου ἐναποδέοντα λοπῷ καρχηδονίῳ, ἢ ἐν ἄλλῳ, ὃ μὴ ἐρεθιεῖ· τῷ λοπῷ δὲ τὰς παραλλάξιας παρακολλᾷν, καὶ ἀναλαμβάνειν. ταῦτα δὲ ἐπίδεσις κακὰ ποιέει. ἴησις, ἀλήτῳ ξὺν μάννῃ, ἢ θείῳ ξὺν κηρωτῇ. αὐτίκα ἀναπλάσεις, ἔπειτα ἀνακωχήσεις τοῖσι δακτύλοισιν, ἐσματτευόμενος καὶ παραστρέφων· καὶ τὸ καρχηδόνιον. Πωροῖτο ἂν, καὶ ἢν ἕλκος ἐνῇ, καὶ ἢν ὀστέα ἀπιέναι μέλλῃ (οὐ γὰρ παλιγκοτώτατα), οὕτω ποιητέα.

[¶2] 3. In fractures of the ears, neither bandages nor cataplasms should be used; or, if any bandage be used, it should be put on very tight; the cerate and sulphur should be applied to agglutinate the bandages. When matter forms in the ears, it is found to be more deeply seated than might be supposed, for all parts that are pulpy, and consist of juicy flesh, prove deceptious in such a case. But no harm will result from making an opening, for the parts are lean, watery, and full of mucus. No mention is here made of the places and circumstances which render it fatal to make an opening. The cure is soonest effected by transfixing the ear with a cautery; but the ear is maimed and diminished in size, if burned across. If opened, one of the gentle medicines for flesh wounds should be used as a dressing.

> Greek: 3. 3. οὖς κατεαγὲν, μὴ ἐπιδεῖν, μηδὲ καταπλάσσειν· ἢν δέ τι δέῃ, ὡς κουφότατον, ἡ κηρωτή· καὶ θείῳ κατακολλᾷν. ὧν δὲ ἔμπυα τὰ ὦτα, διὰ παχέος εὑρίσκεται· πάντα δὲ τὰ ὑπόμυξα καὶ τῇ ὑγρῇ σαρκὶ πλήρεα ἐξαπατᾷ· οὐ μὴ βλάβη γένηται στομωθὲν τὸ τοιοῦτον· ἐστὶ γὰρ ἄσαρκα καὶ ὑδατώδεα, μύξης πλέα, ὅπου δὲ καὶ οἷα ἐόντα θανατώδεά ἐστι, παρεθέντα. ὤτων καῦσις πέρην, τάχιστα ὑγιάζει· κυλλὸν δὲ καὶ μεῖον γίνεται τὸ οὖς, ἢν πέρην καυθῇ. ἢν δὲ στομωθῇ, κούφῳ ἐναίμῳ δεήσει χρῆσθαι.

[¶3] 4. The jaw-bone is often slightly displaced (subluxated?), and is restored again; it is dislocated but rarely, especially in gaping; in fact, the bone is never dislocated unless it slips while the mouth is opened wide. It slips, however, the more readily from its ligaments being oblique, supple, and of a yielding nature. The symptoms are: the lower jaw protrudes, it is distorted to the side opposite the dislocation, and the patient cannot shut his mouth; when both sides are dislocated, the jaw projects more, the mouth can be less shut, but there is no distortion; this is shown by the rows of the teeth in the upper and lower jaw corresponding with one another. If, then, both sides be dislocated, and not immediately reduced, the patient for the most part dies on the tenth day, with symptoms of continued fever, stupor, and coma, for the muscles there induce such effects; there is disorder of the bowels attended with scanty and unmixed dejection; and the vomitings, if any, are of the same character. The other variety is less troublesome. The method of reduction is the same in both:—The patient being laid down or seated, the physician is to take hold of his head, and grasping both sides of the jaw-bone with both hands, within and without, he must perform three manoeuvres at once,-rectify the position of the jaw, push it backward, and shut the mouth. The treatment should consist of soothing applications, position, and applying a suitable bandage to support the jaw-bone, so as to cooperate with the reduction.

> Greek: 4. 4. γνάθοι δὲ κατασπῶνται μὲν πολλάκις καὶ καθίστανται· ἐκπίπτουσι δὲ ὀλιγάκις, μάλιστα μὲν χασμωμένοισιν· οὐ γὰρ ἐκπίπτει, ἢν μή τις χανὼν μέγα παρανάγῃ· ἐκπίπτει δὲ μᾶλλον, ὅτι τὰ νεῦρα ἐν πλαγίῳ καὶ λελυγισμένα συνδιδοῖ. σημεῖα· προέχει ἡ κάτω γνάθος, καὶ παρέστραπται τἀναντία τοῦ ἐκπτώματος, ξυμβάλλειν οὐ δύνανται· ἢν δʼ ἀμφότεραι, προΐσχουσι μᾶλλον, συμβάλλουσιν ἧσσον, ἀστραβέες· δηλοῖ δὲ τὰ ὅρια τῶν ὀδόντων τὰ ἄνω τοῖσι κάτω κατʼ ἴξιν. ἢν οὖν ἀμφότεραι ἐκπεσοῦσαι μὴ αὐτίκα ἐμπέσωσι, θνήσκουσι δεκαταῖοι οὗτοι μάλιστα πυρετῷ ξυνεχέϊ, νωθρῇ τε καρώσει· οἱ γὰρ μύες οὗτοι, τοιοῦτοι· γαστὴρ ἐπιταράσσεται ὀλίγα ἄκρητα· καὶ ἢν ἐμέωσι, τοιαῦτα ἐμέουσιν. ἡ δʼ ἑτέρη ἀσινεστέρη. ἐμβολὴ δὲ ἡ αὐτὴ ἀμφοτέρων· κατακειμένου ἢ καθημένου τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, τῆς κεφαλῆς ἐχόμενον, περιλαβόντα τὰς γνάθους ἀμφοτέρας ἀμφοτέρῃσι χερσὶν ἔσωθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν, τρία ἅμα ποιῆσαι· ὦσαι ἐς ὀρθὸν, καὶ ἐς τοὐπίσω, καὶ συσχεῖν τὸ στόμα. ἴησις, μαλάγμασι, καὶ σχήμασι, καὶ ἀναλήψει γενείου, ποιοῦσι τατὰ τῇ ἐμβολῇ.

[¶4] 5. The bone of the shoulder is dislocated downward. I have never heard of any other mode. The parts put on the appearance of dislocation forward, when the flesh about the joint is wasted during consumption, as also seems to be the case with cattle when in a state of leanness after winter. Those persons are most liable to dislocations who are thin, slender, and have humidities about their joints without inflammation, for it knits the joints. Those who attempt to reduce and rectify dislocations in oxen, commit a blunder, as forgetting that the symptoms arise from the manner in which the ox uses the limb, and that the appearance is the same in a man who is in a similar condition, and forgetting also that Homer has said, that oxen are most lean at that season. In this dislocation, then, when not reduced, the patient cannot perform any of those acts which others do, by raising the arm from the side. I have thus stated who are the persons most subject to this dislocation, and how they are affected. In congenital dislocations the nearest bones are most shortened, as is the case with persons who are weasel-armed; the fore-arm less so, and the hand still less; the bones above are not affected. And the parts (near the seat of the injury) are most wasted in flesh; and this happens more especially on the side of the arm opposite the dislocation, and that during adolescence, yet in a somewhat less degree than in congenital cases. The deep-seated suppurations occur most frequently to new-born infants about the joint of the shoulder, and these produce the same consequences as dislocations. In adults, the bones are not so diminished in size, and justly, seeing that the others will not increase as in the former case; but wasting of the flesh takes place, for it is increased, and is diminished every day, and at all ages. And attention should be paid to the force of habit, and to the symptom produced by the tearing away of the acromion, whereby a void is left, which makes people suppose that the humerus is dislocated. The head of the humerus is felt in the armpit, and the patient cannot raise his arm, nor swing it to this side and that, as formerly. The other shoulder shows the difference. Modes of reduction:—The patient himself having placed his fist in the arm pit, pushes up the head of the humerus with it, and brings the hand forward to the breast. Another:—Force it backward, so that you may turn it round. Another:—Apply your head to the acromion, and your hands to the armpit, separate the head of the humerus (from the side?), and push the elbow in the opposite direction; or, instead of your knees, another person may turn aside the elbow, as formerly directed. Or, place the patient on your shoulder, with the shoulder in his armpit. Or, with the heel, something being introduced to fill up the hollow of the armpit, and using the right foot to the right shoulder. Or, with a pestle. Or, with the step of a ladder. Or, by rotation made with piece of wood stretched below the arm. Treatment:—As to attitude, the arm placed by the side, the hand and shoulder raised; the bandaging and adjustment of the parts while in this attitude. If not reduced, the top of the shoulder becomes attenuated.

> Greek: 5. 5. ὦμος δὲ ἐκπίπτει κάτω. ἄλλῃ δὲ οὔπω ἤκουσα. δοκέει μὲν γὰρ ἐς τοὔμπροσθεν ἐκπίπτειν, ὧν αἱ σάρκες αἱ περὶ τὸ ἄρθρον μεμινυθήκασι διὰ τὴν φθίσιν, οἷον καὶ τοῖσι βουσὶ χειμῶνος φαίνεται διὰ λεπτότητα. καὶ ἐκπίπτει μᾶλλον, τοῖσι δὲ λεπτοῖσιν, ἢ ἰσχνοῖσι, [ἢ ξηροῖσι] καὶ τοῖσιν ὑγράσματα περὶ τὰ ἄρθρα ἔχουσιν ἄνευ φλεγμονῆς· αὐτὴ γὰρ συνδεῖ. οἱ δὲ καὶ βουσὶν ἐμβάλλοντες καὶ ἀποπερονῶντες ἐξαμαρτάνουσι, καὶ ὅτι διὰ τὴν χρῆσιν, ὡς χρῆται βοῦς σκέλεϊ, λήθει, καὶ ὅτι κοινὸν καὶ ἀνθρώπῳ οὕτως ἔχοντι τὸ σχῆμα τοῦτο· τό τε Ὁμήρειον· καὶ διότι λεπτότατοι βόες τηνικαῦτα. ὅσα τε τὸν πῆχυν πλάγιον ἀπὸ πλευρέων ἄραντες δρῶσιν, οὐ πάνυ δύνανται δρᾷν, οἷσιν ἂν μὴ ἐμπέσῃ. οἷσι μὲν οὖν ἐκπίπτει μάλιστα, καὶ ὡς ἔχουσιν, εἴρηται. οἷσι δὲ ἐκ γενεῆς, τὰ ἐγγύτατα μᾶλλον βραχύνεται ὀστέα, οἷον ἐν τούτῳ οἱ γαλιάγκωνες· πῆχυς δὲ ἧσσον, χεὶρ δὲ ἔτι ἧσσον, τὰ δʼ ἄνωθεν οὐδέν. καὶ ἀσαρκότατα ἐγγύς· μινύθει δὲ μάλιστα τὰ ἐναντία τῶν ὀλισθημάτων, καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐξήσει, ἧσσον δέ τινι τῶν ἐκ γενεῆς. καὶ τὰ παραπυήματα, τὰ κατʼ ἄρθρον βαθέα, νεογενέσι μάλιστα παρʼ ὦμον γίνεται, καὶ τουτέοισιν ὥσπερ τὰ ἐξαρθρήσαντα ποιέει. ἢν δὲ ηὐξημένοισι, τὰ μὲν ὀστέα οὐ μειοῦται, οὐδὲ γὰρ ἔχει, ᾗ ἄλλα οὐ ξυναύξεται ὁμοίως· αἱ δὲ μινυθήσιες τῶν σαρκῶν· τοῦτο γὰρ καθʼ ἡμέρην καὶ αὔξεται καὶ μειοῦται, καὶ καθʼ ἡλικίας. καὶ ἃ δύναται σχήματα, καὶ αὖ σημεῖον τὸ παρὰ τὸ ἀκρώμιον κατεσπασμένον καὶ κοῖλον, διότι, ὅταν τὸ ἀκρώμιον ἀποσπασθῇ, καὶ κοῖλον ᾖ, οἴονται τὸν βραχίονα ἐκπεπτωκέναι. κεφαλὴ δὲ τοῦ βραχίονος ἐν τῇ μασχάλῃ φαίνεται· αἴρειν γὰρ οὐ δύνανται, οὐδὲ παράγειν ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα ὁμοίως· ὁ ἕτερος ὦμος μηνύει. ἐμβολαὶ δέ· αὐτὸς μὲν τὴν πυγμὴν ὑπὸ μασχάλην ὑποθεὶς, τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀνωθέειν, τὴν δὲ χεῖρα ἐπιπαράγειν ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος. ἄλλη· ἐς τοὐπίσω περιαναγκάσαι, ὡς ἀμφισφαλῇ. ἄλλη· κεφαλῇ μὲν πρὸς τὸ ἀκρώμιον, χερσὶ δὲ ὑπὸ μασχάλην, κεφαλὴν ἀπάγειν βραχίονος, γούνασι δὲ ἀγκῶνα ἀπωθέειν, ἢ ἀντὶ τῶν γουνάτων τὸν ἀγκῶνα τὸν ἕτερον παράγειν, ὡς τὸ πρότερον. ἢ κατʼ ὤμου ἵζεσθαι, ὑποθεὶς τῇ μασχάλῃ τὸν ὦμον· ἢ τῇ πτέρνῃ, ἐνθέντα ἐκπλήρωμα τῇ μασχάλῃ, δεξιῇ δεξιόν· ἢ περὶ ὕπερον· ἢ περὶ κλιμακτῆρα· ἢ περίοδος ξὺν τῷ ξύλῳ τῷ ὑπὸ χεῖρα τεινομένῳ. ἴησις· τὸ σχῆμα, πρὸς πλευρῇσι βραχίων, χεὶρ ἄκρη ἄνω, ὦμος ἄνω· οὕτως ἐπίδεσις, ἀνάληψις. ἢν δὲ μὴ ἐμπέσῃ, ἀκρώμιον προσλεπτύνεται.

[¶5] 6. When the acromion is torn away, the appearance is the same as in dislocation of the shoulder; but there is no impediment, except that the bone does not return to its position. The figure should be the same as in dislocation, both as regards bandaging and suspending the limb. The bandaging according to rule.

> Greek: 6. 6. ἀκρώμιον ἀποσπασθὲν, τὸ μὲν εἶδος φαίνεται, οἷόνπερ ὤμου ἐκπεσόντος, στερίσκεται δʼ οὐδενὸς, ἐς δὲ τὸ αὐτὸ οὐ καθίσταται. σχῆμα τὸ αὐτὸ, ᾧ καὶ ἐκπεσόντι, ἐν ἐπιδέσει καὶ ἀνάληψει· ἐπιδέσιος καὶ ὡς νόμος.

[¶6] 7. When partial displacement (sub-luxation?) takes place at the elbow, either inside or outside, but the sharp point (olecranon?) remains in the cavity of the humerus, make extension in a straight line, and push the projecting parts backward and to the sides.

> Greek: 7. 7. ἀγκῶνος ἄρθρον παραλλάξαν μὲν ἢ πρὸς πλευρὴν, ἢ ἔξω, μένοντος τοῦ ὀξέος τοῦ ἐν τῷ κοίλῳ τοῦ βραχίονος, ἐς ἰθὺ κατατείνοντα, τὰ ἐξέχοντα ἀνωθέειν ὀπίσω καὶ ἐς τὸ πλάγιον.

[¶7] 8. In complete dislocations to either side, make extension while the arm is in the position it is put in to be bandaged for a fracture, for thus the rounded part of the elbow will not form an obstacle to it. Dislocation most commonly takes place inward. The parts are to be adjusted by separating the bones as much as possible, so that the end of the humerus may not come in contact with the olecranon, but it is to be carried up and turned round, and not forced in a straight line; at the same time the opposite sides are to be pushed together, and the bones reduced to their place. In these cases rotation of the elbow cooperates; that is to say, turning the arm into a state of supination and pronation; so much for the reduction. With regard to the attitude in which it is to be put,-the hand is to be placed somewhat higher than the elbow, and the arm by the side; this position suits with it when slung from the neck, is easily borne, is its natural position, and one adapted for ordinary purposes, unless callus form improperly: the callus soon forms. Treatment:—By bandages according to the common rule for articulations, and the point of the elbow is to be included in the bandage.

> Greek: 8. 8. τὰ δὲ τελέως ἐκβάντα ἢ ἔνθα ἢ ἔνθα· κατάτασις μὲν, ἐν ᾗ ὁ βραχίων ἐπιδεῖται· οὕτω γὰρ τὸ καμπύλον τοῦ ἀγκῶνος οὐ κωλύσει. Ἐκπίπτει δὲ μάλιστα ἐς τὸ πρὸς πλευρία μέρος. Τὰς δὲ κατορθώσιας, ἀπάγοντα ὅτι πλεῖστον, ὡς μὴ ψαύσῃ τῆς κορώνης ἡ κεφαλὴ, μετέωρον δὲ περιάγειν καὶ περικάμψαι, καὶ μὴ ἐς ἰθὺ βιάζεσθαι, ἅμα δὲ ὠθέειν τἀναντία ἐφ᾿ ἑκάτερα, καὶ παρωθέειν ἐς χώρην. Συνωφελοίη δ᾿ ἂν καὶ ἐπίστρεψις ἀγκῶνος ἐν τούτοισιν, ἐν τῷ μὲν ἐς τὸ ὕπτιον, ἐν τῷ δὲ ἐς τὸ πρηνές· ἐμβολὴ δέ· σχήματος μὲν, ὀλίγον ἀνωτέρω ἄκρην χεῖρα ἀγκῶνος ἔχειν, βραχίονα δὲ κατὰ τὰς πλευράς· οὕτω δὲ καὶ ἀνάληψις, καὶ εὔφορον, καὶ φύσις, καὶ χρῆσις ἐν τῷ κοινῷ, ἢν ἄρα μὴ κακῶς πωρωθῇ· πωροῦται δὲ ταχέως. Ἴησις, ὀθονίοισι κατὰ τὸν νόμον τὸν ἀρθριτικὸν, καὶ τὸ ὀξὺ προσεπιδεῖν.

[¶8] 9. The elbow, when luxated, induces the most serious consequences, fevers, pain, nausea, vomiting of pure bile; and this especially in dislocations backward, from pressure on the nerve which occasions numbness; next to it is dislocation forward. The treatment is the same. The reduction of dislocation backward is by extension and adaptation: the symptom of this variety, loss of the power of extension; of dislocation forward, loss of the power of flexion. In it a hard ball is to be placed in the bend of the elbow, and the fore-arm is to be bent over this while sudden extension is made.

> Greek: 9. 9. παλιγκοτώτατον δὲ ἀγκὼν πυρετοῖσι, ὀδύνῃ ἀσώδει, ἀκρατοχόλῳ, ἀγκῶνος δὲ μάλιστα ὀπίσω διὰ τὸ ναρκῶδες, δεύτερον τὸ ἔμπροσθεν. Ἴησις ἡ αὐτή. ἐμβολαὶ δὲ τοῦ μὲν ὀπίσω, ἐκτείνοντα κατατεῖναι· σημεῖον δὲ, οὐ γὰρ δύνανται ἐκτείνειν· τοῦ δὲ ἔμπροσθεν, οὐ δύνανται ξυγκάμπτειν. Τούτῳ δὲ ἐνθέντα τι σκληρὸν συνειλεγμένον, περὶ τοῦτο ξυγκάμψαι ἐξ ἐκτάσιος ἐξαίφνης.

[¶9] 10. Diastasis of the bones may be recognized by examining the part where the vein which runs along the arm divides.

> Greek: 10. 10. διαστάσιος δὲ ὀστέων σημεῖον, κατὰ τὴν φλέβα τὴν κατὰ τὸν βραχίονα σχιζομένην διαψαύοντι.

[¶10] 11. In these cases callus is speedily formed. In congenital dislocations, the bones below the seat of the injury are shorter than natural; in this case, the greatest shortening is in the nearest, namely, those of the fore-arm; second, those of the hand; third, those of the fingers. The arm and shoulders are stronger, owing to the nourishment which they receive, and the other arm, from the additional work it has to perform, is still more strong. The wasting of the flesh, if the dislocation was outward, is on the inside; or if otherwise, on the side opposite the dislocation.

> Greek: 11. 11. ταῦτα δὲ ταχέως διαπωροῦται. ἐκ γενεῆς δὲ, βραχύτερα τὰ κάτω ὀστέα τοῦ σίνεος, πλεῖστον τὰ ἐγγύτατα πήχεος, δεύτερον χειρὸς, τρίτον δακτύλων. βραχίων δὲ καὶ ὦμος ἐγκρατέστερα διὰ τὴν τροφήν. ἡ δʼ ἑτέρη χεὶρ διὰ τὰ ἔργα πλείω ἔτι ἐγκρατεστέρη. Μινύθησις δὲ σαρκῶν, εἰ μὲν ἔξω ἐξέπεσεν, εἴσω, εἰ δὲ μὴ, ἐς τοὐναντίον ᾗ ἐξέπεσεν.

[¶11] 12. In dislocation at the elbow, whether outward or inward, extension is to be made with the fore-arm at right angles to the arm; the arm is to be suspended by a shawl passed through the armpit, and a weight is to be attached to the extremity of the elbow; or force is to be applied with the hands. The articular extremity being properly raised, the parts are to be adjusted with the palms of the hands, as in dislocations of the hands. It is to be bandaged, suspended in a sling, and placed, while in this attitude.

> Greek: 12. 12. ἀγκὼν δὲ ἢν μὲν ἔξω ἢ ἔσω ἐκβῇ, κατάτασις μὲν ἐν σχήματι ἐγγωνίῳ, κοινῷ τῷ πήχει πρὸς βραχίονα· τὴν γὰρ μασχάλην ἀναλαβὼν ταινίῃ ἀνακρεμάσαι, ἀγκῶνι δὲ ἄκρῳ ὑποθείς τι παρὰ τὸ ἄρθρον βάρος ἐκκρεμάσαι, ἢ χερσὶ καταναγκάσαι. Ὑπεραιωρηθέντος δὲ τοῦ ἄρθρου, αἱ παραγωγαὶ τοῖσι θέναρσιν, ὡς τὰ ἐν χερσίν. ἐπίδεσις ἐν τούτῳ τῷ σχήματι, καὶ ἀνάληψις, καὶ θέσις.

[¶12] 13. Dislocations backward are to be rectified with the palms of the hands along with sudden extension. These two acts are to be performed together, as in other cases of the kind. In dislocation forward, the arm is to bend around a ball of cloth, of proper size, and at the same time replaced.

> Greek: 13. 13. τὰ δʼ ὄπισθεν ἐξαίφνης ἐκτείνοντα διορθοῦν τοῖσι θέναρσιν· ἅμα δὲ δεῖ ἐν τῇ διορθώσει, καὶ τοῖσιν ἑτέροισιν. ἢν δὲ πρόσθεν, ἀμφὶ ὀθόνιον ξυνειλεγμένον, εὔογκον, ξυγκάμπτοντα ἅμα διορθοῦσθαι.

[¶13] 14. If the displacement be on the other side both these operations are to be performed in effecting the adjustment of the arm. With regard to the treatment,-the position and the bandaging are the same as in the other cases. For all these cases may be reduced by ordinary distention.

> Greek: 14. 14. ἢν δʼ ἑτεροκλινὲς ᾖ, ἐν τῇ διορθώσει ἀμφότερα ἅμα χρὴ ποιέειν. τῆς δὲ μελέτης, κοινὸν τὸ σχῆμα καὶ ἡ ἐπίδεσις. δύναται γὰρ ἐκ τῆς διατάσιος κοινῇ ξυμπίπτειν πάντα.

[¶14] 15. With regard to the modes of reduction, some act upon the principle of carrying the one piece of bone over the other, some by extension, and some by rotation: these last consist in rapidly turning the arm to this side and that.

> Greek: 15. 15. τῶν δὲ ἐμβολέων αἱ μὲν ἐξ ὑπεραιωρήσιος ἐμβάλλονται, αἱ δὲ ἐκ κατατάσιος, αἱ δὲ ἐκ περισφάλσιος· αὗται δὲ ἐκ τῶν ὑπερβολέων τῶν σχημάτων, ἢ τῇ ἢ τῇ, ξὺν τῷ τάχει.

[¶15] 16. The joint of the hand is dislocated inward or outward, but most frequently inward. The symptoms are easily recognized; if inward, the patient cannot at all bend his fingers, but if outward, he cannot extend them. Reduction:—By placing the fingers above a table, extension and counter-extension are to be made by assistance, while, with the palm of the hand or the heel on the projecting bone, one presses forward, and from behind, upon the other bone, and lays some soft substance on it; and, if the dislocation be above, the hand is to be turned into a state of pronation; or, if backward, into a state of supination. The treatment is to be conducted with bandages.

> Greek: 16. 16. χειρὸς δὲ ἄρθρον ὀλισθάνει ἢ ἔσω, ἢ ἔξω, ἔσω δὲ τὰ πλεῖστα. σημεῖα δʼ εὔσημα· ἢν μὲν ἔσω, ξυγκάμπτειν ὅλως σφῶν τοὺς δακτύλους οὐ δύνανται· ἢν δʼ ἔξω, ἐκτείνειν. ἐμβολὴ δὲ, ὑπὲρ τραπέζης τοὺς δακτύλους ἔχων, τοὺς μὲν τείνειν, τοὺς δʼ ἀντιτείνειν, τὸ δὲ ἐξέχον ἢ θέναρι ἢ πτέρνῃ ἅμα ἀπωθέειν πρόσω καὶ κάτωθεν κατὰ τὸ ἕτερον ὀστέον, ὄγκον τε μαλθακὸν ὑποθεὶς, κἢν μὲν ἄνω, καταστρέψας τὴν χεῖρα, ἢν δὲ κάτω, ὑπτίην. ἴησις, ὀθονίοισιν.

[¶16] 17. The whole hand is dislocated either inward, or outward, but especially inward, or to this side or that. Sometimes the epiphysis is displaced, and sometimes there is displacement (diastasis) of the one bone from the other. Powerful extension is to be made in this case; and the projecting part is to be pressed upon, and counter-pressure made on the opposite side: both modes being performed at the same time, both backward and laterally, either with the hands on a table, or with the heel. These accidents give rise to serious consequences and deformities; but in time the parts get so strong as to admit of being used. The treatment consists of bandages comprehending the hand and forearm, and splints are to be applied as far as the fingers; when put in splints, they are to be more frequently loosed than in fractures, and more copious allusions of water are to be used.

> Greek: 17. 17. ὅλη δὲ ἡ χεὶρ ὀλισθάνει ἢ ἔσω ἢ ἔξω, μάλιστα δὲ ἔσω, ἢ ἔνθα ἢ ἔνθα· ἔστι δʼ ὅτε ἡ ἐπίφυσις ἐκινήθη· ἔστι δʼ ὅτε τὸ ἕτερον τῶν ὀστέων διέστη. τουτέοισι κατάτασις ἰσχυρὴ ποιητέη, καὶ τὸ μὲν ἐξέχον ἀπωθέειν, τὸ δʼ ἕτερον ἀντωθέειν, δύο εἴδεα ἅμα, καὶ ἐς τοὐπίσω καὶ ἐς τὸ πλάγιον, ἢ χερσὶν ἐπὶ τραπέζης, ἢ πτέρνῃ. Παλίγκοτα δὲ καὶ ἀσχήμονα, τῷ χρόνῳ δὲ κρατύνεται ἐς χρῆσιν. ἴησις, ὀθονίοισι ξὺν τῇ χειρὶ καὶ τῷ πήχεϊ, καὶ νάρθηκας μέχρι δακτύλων τιθέναι· ἐν νάρθηξι δὲ τεθέντα ταῦτα πυκνότερον λύειν, ἢ τὰ κατήγματα, καὶ καταχύσει πλέονι χρῆσθαι.

[¶17] 18. In congenital dislocations the hand becomes shortened, and the atrophy of the flesh is generally on the side opposite the dislocation. In the adult the bones remain of their proper size.

> Greek: 18. 18. ἐκ γενεῆς δὲ, βραχυτέρη ἡ χεὶρ γίνεται, καὶ ἡ μινύθησις σαρκῶν μάλιστα τἀναντία, ἢ ὡς τὸ ἔκπτωμα· ηὐξημένῳ δὲ τὰ ὀστέα μένει.

[¶18] 19. The symptoms of dislocation of the finger are obvious, and need not be described. This is the mode of reduction:—By stretching in a straight line, and making pressure on the projecting part, and counter-pressure, at the opposite side, on the other. The proper treatment consists in the application of bandages. When not reduced, the parts unite by callus outside of the joints. In congenital dislocations, and in those which occur during bones below the dislocation are shortened, and the flesh is wasted principally on the side opposite to the dislocation; in the adult the bones remain of their proper size.

> Greek: 19. 19. δακτύλου δὲ ἄρθρον ὀλισθὸν μὲν, εὔσημον, οὐ δεῖ γράφειν. ἐμβολὴ δὲ αὐτοῦ ἥδε· κατατείναντα ἐς ἰθὺ, τὸ μὲν ἐξέχον ἀπωθέειν, τὸ δὲ ἐναντίον ἀντωθέειν. ἴησις δὲ ἡ προσήκουσα, τοῖσιν ὀθονίοισιν ἐπίδεσις. μὴ ἐμπεσὸν γὰρ ἐπιπωροῦται ἔξωθεν. ἐκ γενεῆς δὲ ἢ ἐν αὐξήσει ἐξαρθρήσαντα τὰ ὀστέα βραχύνεται κάτω τοῦ ὀλισθήματος· καὶ σάρκες μινύθους τἀναντία μάλιστα, ἢ ὡς τὸ ἔκπτωμα· ηὐξημένῳ δὲ τὰ ὀστέα μένει.

[¶19] 20. Dislocation at the hip-joint occurs in four modes, inward most frequently, outward next, the others of equal frequency. The symptoms:—The common, a comparison with the sound leg. The peculiar symptoms of dislocations inward; the head of the bone is felt at the perineum; the patient cannot bend his leg as formerly; the limb appears elongated, and to a great extent, unless you bring both limbs into the middle space between them in making a comparison of them; and the foot and the knee are inclined outward. If the dislocation has taken place from birth, or during one’s growth, the thigh is shortened, the leg less so, and the others according to the same rule; the fleshy parts are atrophied, especially on the outside. Such persons are afraid to stand erect, and crawl along on the sound limb; or, if compelled, they walk with one or two staves, and bear up the affected limb; and the smaller the limb so much the more do they walk. If the accident happens to adults the bones remain of their proper size, but the flesh is wasted, as formerly described; the patients walk in a wriggling manner, like oxen; they are bent toward the flank, and the buttock on the uninjured side is prominent; for the uninjured limb must necessarily come below that it may support the body, whilst the other must be carried out of the way, as it cannot support the body, like those who have an ulcer in the foot. They poise the body by means of a staff on the sound side, and grasp the affected limb with the hand above the knee so as to carry the body in shifting from one place to another. If the parts below the hip-joint be used, the bones below are less atrophied, but the flesh more.

> Greek: 20. 20. μηροῦ ἄρθρον ἐκπίπτει κατὰ τρόπους τέσσαρας· ἔσω πλεῖστα, ἔξω δεύτερον, τὰ δʼ ἄλλα ὁμοίως. σημεῖα· κοινὸν μὲν τὸ ἕτερον σκέλος· ἴδιον δὲ τοῦ μὲν εἴσω· παρὰ τὸν περίνεον ψαύεται ἡ κεφαλὴ, ξυγκάμπτουσιν οὐχ ὁμοίως, δοκέει δὲ μακρότερον τὸ σκέλος, καὶ πουλὺ, ἢν μὴ ἐς μέσον ἀμφότερα ἄγων παρατείνῃς· καὶ γὰρ οὖν ἔξω ὁ ποὺς καὶ τὸ γόνυ ῥέπει. ἢν μὲν οὖν ἐκ γενεῆς ἢ ἐν αὐξήσει ἐκπέσῃ, βραχύτερος ὁ μηρὸς, ἧσσον δὲ κνήμη, κατὰ λόγον δὲ τἄλλα· μινύθουσι δὲ σάρκες, μάλιστα δὲ ἔξω. οὗτοι κατοκνέουσιν ὀρθοῦσθαι, καὶ εἰλέονται ἐπὶ τὸ ὑγιές· ἢν δὲ ἀναγκάζωνται, σκίμπονι ἑνὶ ἢ δυσὶν ὁδοιπορέουσι, τὸ δὲ σκέλος αἴρουσιν· ὅσῳ γὰρ μεῖον, τόσῳ ῥᾷον. ἢν δʼ ηὐξημένοισι, τὰ μὲν ὀστέα μένει, αἱ δὲ σάρκες μινύθουσιν, ὡς προείρηται· ὁδοιπορέουσι δὲ περιστροφάδην· ὡς βόες, ἐν δὲ τῷ κενεῶνι καμπύλοι, ἐπὶ τὸ ὑγιὲς ἐξίσχιοι ἐόντες· τῷ μὲν γὰρ ἀνάγκη ὑποβαίνειν, ὡς ὀχέῃ, τῷ δʼ ἀποβαίνειν (οὐ γὰρ δύναται ὀχέειν), ὥσπερ οἱ ἐν ποδὶ ἕλκος ἔχοντες. κατὰ δὲ τὸ ὑγιὲς, πλάγιον ξύλῳ τῷ σώματι ἀντικοντέουσι, τὸ δὲ σιναρὸν τῇ χειρὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ γούνατος καταναγκάζουσιν, ὡς ὀχέειν ἐν τῇ μεταβάσει τὸ σῶμα. ἰσχίων κάτωθεν, εἰ χρῆται, κάτωθεν ἧσσον μινύθει καὶ ὀστέα, μᾶλλον δὲ σάρκες.

[¶20] 21. The symptoms and attitudes in dislocation outward are the opposite, and the knee and foot incline a little inward. When it is congenital, or occurs during adolescence, the bones do not grow properly; according to the same rule, the bone of the hip-joint is somewhat higher than natural, and does not grow proportionally. In those who have frequent dislocations outward, without inflammation, the limb is of a more humid (flabby?) temperament than natural, like the thumb, for it is the part most frequently dislocated, owing to its configuration; in what persons the dislocation is to a greater or less extent; and in what persons it is more difficultly or easily produced; in what there is reason to hope that it can be speedily reduced, and in what not; and the remedy for this; and in what cases the dislocation frequently happens, and treatment of this. In dislocation outward from birth, or during adolescence, or from disease, (and it happens most frequently from disease, in which case there is sometimes exfoliation of the bone, but even where there is no exfoliation), the patients experience the same symptoms, but to an inferior degree to those in dislocations inward, if properly managed so that in walking they can put the whole foot to the ground and lean to either side. The younger the patient is, the greater care should be bestowed on him; when neglected, the case gets worse; when attended to, it improves; and, although there be atrophy in all parts of the limb, it is to a less extent.

> Greek: 21. 21. τοῦ δὲ ἔξω τἀναντία καὶ τὰ σημεῖα καὶ αἱ στάσιες· καὶ τὸ γόνυ καὶ ὁ ποὺς ἔσω ῥέπει βραχύ. τοῖσι δὲ ἐν αὐξήσει ἢ ἐκ γενεῆς παθοῦσιν οὐχ ὁμοίως ξυναύξεται κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον· ἰσχίον ἀνωτέρω τινὶ, οὐχ ὁμοίως. οἷσι δὲ πυκνὰ ἐκπίπτει ἐς τὸ ἔξω ἄνευ φλεγμονῆς, ὑγροτέρῳ τῷ σκέλει χρῶνται· ὥσπερ ὁ μέγας τῆς χειρὸς δάκτυλος· μάλιστα γὰρ οὗτος ἐκπίπτει φύσει· οἷς μὲν ἐκπίπτει μᾶλλον ἢ ἧσσον, καὶ οἷς μὲν ἐκπίπτει χαλεπώτερον ἢ ῥᾷον, καὶ οἷσιν ἐλπὶς θᾶσσον ἐμπεσεῖν, καὶ οἷσιν οὐκ, ἄκη τούτου, καὶ οἷσι πολλάκις ἐκπίπτει, ἴησις τούτου. ἐκ γενεῆς δὲ, ἢ ἐπʼ αὐξήσει, ἢ ἐν νούσῳ, μάλιστα γὰρ ἐκ νούσου, ἔστι μὲν οὖν οἷσιν ἐπισφακελίζει τὸ ὀστέον, ἀτὰρ καὶ οἷσι μὴ, πάσχει μὲν πάντα, ἧσσον δὲ ἢ τὸ ἔσω, ἢν χρηστῶς ἐπιμεληθῶσιν, ὥστε, καὶ ὅλῳ βαίνοντας τῷ ποδὶ, διαῤῥίπτειν· διὰ μελέτης πλείστης, τοῖσι νηπιωτάτοισιν· ἐαθέντα κακοῦται, ἐπιμεληθέντα δὲ ὠφελέεται· τοῖσιν ὅλοισιν, ἧσσον δέ τι, μινύθουσιν.

[¶21] 22. When there is a dislocation on both sides, the affections of the bones are the same; the flesh is well developed, except within, the nates protrude, the thighs are arched, unless there be sphacelus. If there be curvature of the spine above the hip-joint, the patients enjoy good health, but the body does not grow, with the exception of the head.

> Greek: 22. 22. οἷσι δʼ ἂν ἀμφότερα οὕτως ἐκπέσῃ, τῶν ὀστέων ταὐτὰ παθήματα· εὔσαρκοι μὲν, πλὴν ἔσωθεν, ἐξεχέγλουτοι, ῥοικοὶ μηροὶ, ἢν μὴ ἐπισφακελίσῃ. εἰ κυφοὶ τὰ ἄνωθεν ἰσχίων γένοιντο, ὑγιηροὶ μὲν, ἀναυξέες δὲ τὸ σῶμα, πλὴν κεφαλῆς.

[¶22] 23. The symptoms of dislocation backward are:—The parts before more empty, behind they protrude, the foot straight, flexion impossible, except with pain, extension least of all: in these the limb is shortened. They can neither extend the limb at the ham, nor at the groin, unless it be much raised, nor can they bend it. The uppermost joint, in most cases, takes the lead: this is common in joints, nerves, muscles, intestines, uteri, and other parts. There the bone of the hip-joint is carried backward to the nates, and on that account it is shortened, and because the patient cannot extend it. The flesh of the whole leg is wasted in all cases, in which most, and to what extent, has been already stated. Every part of the body which performs its functional work is strong, but, not withstanding, if inactive, it gets into a bad condition, unless its inactivity arise from fatigue, fever, or inflammation. And in dislocations outward, the limb is shortened, because the bone is lodged in flesh which yields; but, not withstanding, in dislocations inward, it is longer, because the bone is lodged on a projecting bone. Adults, then, who have this dislocation unreduced, are bent at the groins in walking, and the other ham is flexed; they scarcely reach the ground with the ball of the foot; they grasp the limb with the hand, and walk without a staff if they choose; if the staff be too long, their foot cannot reach the grounds-if they wish to reach the ground, they must use a short staff. There is wasting of the flesh in cases attended with pain; and the inclination of the leg is forward, and the sound leg in proportion. In congenital cases, or when in adolescence, or from disease, the bone is dislocated (under what circumstances will be explained afterward), the limb is particularly impaired, owing to the nerves and joints not being exercised, and the knee is impaired for the reasons stated. These persons, keeping the limb bent, walk with one staff or two. But the sound limb is in good flesh from usage.

> Greek: 23. 23. οἷσι δὲ ὄπισθεν, σημεῖα, ἔμπροσθεν λαπαρώτερον, ὄπισθεν ἐξέχον, ποὺς ὀρθὸς, ξυγκάμπτειν οὐ δύνανται, εἰ μὴ μετʼ ὀδύνης, ἐκτείνειν ἥκιστα· τούτοισι σκέλος βραχύτερον. ἀτὰρ οὐδʼ ἐκτανύειν δύνανται κατʼ ἰγνύην ἢ κατὰ βουβῶνα, ἢν μὴ πάνυ αἴρωσιν, οὐδὲ ξυγκάμπτειν. ἡγεῖται ἐν τοῖσι πλείστοισι τὸ ἄνω ἄρθρον τὸ πρῶτον· κοινὸν τοῦτο ἄρθροισι, νεύροισι, μυσὶν, ἐντέροισιν, ὑστέρῃσιν, ἄλλοισιν. ταύτῃ τοῦ ἰσχίου τὸ ὀστέον καταφερὲς ἐς τὸν γλουτὸν, διὰ τοῦτο βραχὺ, καὶ ὅτι ἐκτείνειν οὐ δύνανται. σάρκες παντὸς τοῦ σκέλεος ἐν πᾶσι μινύθουσιν· ἐφʼ οἷσι δὲ μάλιστα, καὶ οἷ, εἴρηται. τὰ ἔργα τὰ ἑωυτοῦ ἕκαστον τοῦ σώματος ἐργαζόμενον μὲν ἰσχύει, ἀργέον δὲ κακοῦται, πλὴν κόπου, πυρετοῦ, φλεγμονῆς. καὶ τὸ ἔξω, ὅτι ἐς σάρκα ὑίκουσαν, βραχύτερον, τὸ δὲ ἔσω, ὅτι ἐπʼ ὀστέον προέχον, μακρότερον. ἢν μὲν οὖν ηὐξημένοισι μὴ ἐμπέσῃ, ἐπὶ βουβῶσι καμπύλοι ὁδοιπορέουσι, καὶ ἡ ἑτέρη ἰγνύη κάμπτεται· στήθεσι μόλις ἱκνεῖται· χειρὶ τὸ σκέλος καταλαμβάνει, ἄνευ ξύλου, ἢν ἐθέλωσιν· ἢν μὲν γὰρ μακρότερον ᾖ, οὐ βήσεται· ἢν δὲ βαίνῃ, βραχύ. Μινύθησις δὲ σαρκῶν· οἷσι πόνοι, καὶ ἡ ἴξις ἔμπροσθεν, καὶ τῷ ὑγιεῖ κατὰ λόγον. οἷσι δὲ ἐκ γενεῆς, ἢ αὐξομένοισιν, ἢ ὑπὸ νούσου ἐνόσησε καὶ ἔξαρθρα ἐγένετο (ἐν αἷς, εἰρήσεται), οὗτοι μάλιστα κακοῦνται διὰ τὴν τῶν νεύρων καὶ ἄρθρων ἀργίην· καὶ τὸ γόνυ διὰ τὰ εἰρημένα ξυγκακοῦνται. ξυγκεκαμμένον οὗτοι ἔχοντες ὁδοιπορέουσιν ἐπὶ ξύλου ἑνὸς ἢ δύο· τὸ δὲ ὑγιὲς, εὔσαρκον διὰ χρῆσιν.

[¶23] 24. In dislocations forward the symptoms are the opposite: a vacuity behind, a protuberance before; of all motions they can least perform flexion, and extension best; the foot is straight, the limb is of the proper length at the heel; at its extremity the foot a little turned up; they are especially pained at first: of all these dislocations retention of urine occurs most frequently in this variety, because the bone is lodged among important nerves. The fore parts are stretched, do not grow, are diseased, and are obnoxious to premature decay; the back parts are wrinkled. In the case of adults, they walk erect, resting merely on the heel, and this they do decidedly if they can take great steps; but they drag it along; the wasting is least of all in this variety of dislocation, owing to their being able to use the limb, but the wasting is most behind. The whole limb being straighter than natural they stand in need of a staff on the affected side. When the dislocation is congenital, or has occurred during adolescence, if properly managed, the patient has the use of the limb as well as adults (otherwise?) have of it. But, if neglected, it is shortened and extended, for in such cases the joint is generally in a straight position. The diminution of the bones, and wasting of the fleshy parts, are analogous.

> Greek: 24. 24. οἷσι δὲ ἐς τοὔμπροσθεν, σημεῖα τἀναντία, ὄπισθεν λαπαρὸν, ἔμπροσθεν ἐξέχον, ἥκιστα ξυγκάμπτουσιν οὗτοι τὸ σκέλος, μάλιστα δὲ ἐκτείνουσιν· ὀρθὸς ποὺς, σκέλος ἴσον, πτέρνα· βραχεῖ ἄκρως ἀνέσταλται. ἢ πονέουσι μάλιστα οὗτοι αὐτίκα, καὶ οὖρον ἴσχεται μάλιστα ἐν τούτοισι τοῖσιν ἐξαρθρήμασιν· ἐν γὰρ τόνοισιν ἔγκειται τοῖσιν ἐπικαίροισιν. τὰ ἔμπροσθεν κατατέταται, ἀναυξέα, νοσώδεα, ταχύγηρα· τὰ ὄπισθεν στολιδώδεις. οἷσιν ηὐξημένοισιν, ὁδοιπορέουσιν ὀρθοὶ, πτέρνῃ μᾶλλον βαίνοντες· εἰ δὲ ἠδύναντο μέγα προβαίνειν, κἂν πάνυ· σύρουσι δέ· μινύθει δὲ ἥκιστα, τούτοισι δὲ ἡ χρῆσις αἰτία, μάλιστα δὲ ὄπισθεν· διὰ παντὸς τοῦ σκέλεος ὀρθότεροι τοῦ μετρίου, ξύλου δέονται κατὰ τὸ σιναρόν. οἷσι δὲ ἐκ γενεῆς ἢ αὐξανομένοισι, χρηστῶς μὲν ἐπιμεληθεῖσιν ἡ χρῆσις, ὥσπερ τοῖσιν ηὐξημένοισιν· ἀμεληθεῖσι δὲ, βραχὺ, ἐκτεταμένον· πωροῦται γὰρ τούτοισι μάλιστα ἐς ἰθὺ τὰ ἄρθρα. αἱ δὲ τῶν ὀστέων μειώσιες καὶ αἱ τῶν σαρκῶν μινυθήσιες, κατὰ λόγον.