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. Philadelphia: 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.