TY  - JOUR
T1  - NOtes on modern treatment of fracture.
Y1  - 1899/12/16
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1899.02450770057023
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1565
EP  - 1565
VL  - XXXIII
IS  - 25
N2  - This little work, according to the author's prefatory statement, is a reproduction of the essays expressing his views, announced at various times, in regard to certain points as to the management of fractures. The essays are only altered in places to bring them into accord with his latest light on the subject. No indication is given as to the original publications, but some of them will doubtless be recognized by the readers of the Journal. The subjects considered include discussions on the necessity or propriety of exploratory incisions in closed fractures, the use of steel nails through the skin in fractures liable to displacement, the prevention of deformity, the common errors of treatment, refractures, injuries to the cranium, tenotomy, fractures of the forearm, etc. Dr. Roberts is a man of opinions and an unhesitating critic, and his book is therefore the more interesting and should be instructive, even if there
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1899.02450770057023
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.02450770057023
ER  -