Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1862

HENRY JACOB BIGELOW (1818-1890) The mechanism of dislocation and fracture of the hip. With the reduction of the dislocations by the flexion method. H. C. Lea 1869 150 pp., illus. 23.8 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1859

Bigelow, professor of surgery at Harvard and a pioneer in orthopedic surgery, was the first American to perform a hip joint excision. He is perhaps best remembered for his discussion of the importance of the ilio-femoral ligament (Bigelow's ligament) in the reduction of hip dislocations by the flexion method, as described in this work.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 4424; Waller 1049

Gift of John Martin, M.D.