What are the signs of a perfect, total, and compleat Dislocation?
It is when a hard Tumour or Swelling is perceiv'd near a Hole in the place of the Joint, great pain being felt in the Part, and the Motion of it abolish'd.
What are the signs of an imperfect, partial, and incompleat Dislocation?
It is when the Motion is streighten'd, and weaker than ordinary, so that some Pain is felt in the Joynt, and a Deformity may be discern'd therein, by comparing the hurt Part with the opposite which is found: This Dislocation is otherwise call'd a Sprain, when it proceeds from an external Cause; or else it is termed a Relaxation, when it happens by an internal.
What is a simple, and what is a complicated Dislocation or Luxation?
The Dislocation is properly simple, when it hath no concomitant Accidents; and it is complicated when accompany'd with some ill Symptoms or Accidents, such as Swellings, Inflammations, Wounds, Fractures, &c.
What are the means proper to be us'd in a simple Dislocation?
A speedy and simple reducing thereof, which is perform'd by stretching out the dislocated or luxated Member, and thrusting back the Head of the Bone into its natural place. Afterward the Joynt must be strengthen'd with a Fomentation made with Provence Roses, the Leaves of Wormwood, Rosemary, Camomile, St. John's-Wort, and Oak-Moss boil'd in the Lees of Wine and Forge-Water, keeping the Part well bound up, and sustain'd in a convenient situation. But if any ill Consequence is to be fear'd, apply Emplastrum Oxycroceum, or Diapalma dissolv'd in Wine.
What is to be done in a complicated Dislocation?