Lot 149
von Volkmann, Richard -- Handwritten Notes & Sketches For an 1888 Lecture. (1830-1889) Considered the father of orthopedic surgery. He pioneered Lister's antiseptic procedures in Germany and was the lead physician for the German military during two wars. Volkmann's Contracture and the Hueter-Volkmann Law are named after him. He also wrote books of children's fairy tales and poems under the name of Richard Leander.
Autograph notes and eight sketches prepared for a lecture given in 1888, 4 pages (front and back of 2 sheets), 13 x 8¼, in German, no place, 1888. One page is titled "Ankylosen - Anwachsung der Patella in Flexionstellung" [Anchylosis - Increase of patella in flexion position]. Anchylosis is an abnormal stiffening and immobility of a joint due to fusion of the bones. Dr. von Volkmann drew a large sketch illustrating fusion of the tibia and the femur, followed by his notes; a second sketch is on the verso.
Another page is headed "Elongation of the Femoral Condyles" and holds six sketches, and Dr. von Volkmann's notes, some of which are: "Already shown in schematic wood sections in the Berlinder clinical week-paper in a work on the treatment of the knee joint anchylosis by simple osteotomy above or under the knee joint, or by double osteotomy, at the same time above and below the knee joint." Four sketches follow: "Osteotomy above the knee, Osteotomy below the knee, Osteotomy above and below the knee." His notes continue: "Ratios of the knee joint in knee joint anchylosis of individuals which grow strongly afterwards. Hypertrophic elongation of the femoral condyles as a result of a lack of articular pain. 2 Sketches: Legend: will initially be held back by untrained persons for the very ordinary luxatio or subluxatio. The ligg. lateralia which, to a certain extent, form the radius sector are now much too short. If the breakage is now carried out by force, then either
1.) a total dislocation
2.) or favorable case (s) with low elongation the femoral condyles, which are softened by loss … (atrophic, lipomarian) are infused, squeezed together. Then the tibia and the femur could be placed in a straight position (a kind of indentation (?) or a 'kink'."
Light overall toning; toned line at edges from previous framing. As yet unpublished except for facsimile in JANUS 43, 324 and 325 (1939). Estimate Value $1,800 - UP
Ex: Stargardt, c. 1970.
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