author not stated / photographs medical Four photographs of patient Jules 1894

Description: The first shoulder replacement?[photographs, medical] Four photographs of patient Jules Pedoux [the first shoulder replacement?] Author: [author not stated] Title: [photographs, medical] Four photographs of patient Jules Pedoux [the first shoulder replacement?] Publication: Paris: L. Lescau Photographie 1894 Description: Four albumen photographs, three on cabinet card mounts, each matted. Image area showing through matt is 5 1/4 x 3 inches. Each mat has inked on the recto a number (4051-4054) and a description of the image. Some fading to each image. Least contrast on the image that is not on a cabinet card mount. Very Good. These images came to us as part of a very large, now dispersed archive with an overall medical theme. Already fragmentary when we purchased them, we have arranged them by sequence numbers and theme.These four photographs document an important operation, one first written up in the medical literature in Gaz. Hop (Paris), by Jules-Émile Péan, "Des moyens prothetiques destines a obtenir la reparation des parties osseuses", 1894, pp 289-92 and translated into english in the "Classics of Orthopaedics", pp 443-46."In 1893, Jules Pedoux of Paris, France, contracted a tuberculosis infection, which included an abscess in his shoulder. Pedoux's physician recommended disarticulating the shoulder, but he refused. Because of this, his surgeon, Jules Emile Pean, commissioned J. Porter Michaels, a dentist, to craft a shoulder prosthesis.Mr. Michaels fashioned the prosthesis (Fig. 1) from materials commonly used to make dentures at that time: Vulcanite and platinum. He selected these materials because they did not oxidize and were unlikely to inflame the tissue. The shoulder joint prosthesis he designed took the form of a universal joint, which allowed Pedoux's arm full ROM [range of motion]. The holes on the sides of the shaft were intended for the attachment of muscle. The shaft was equipped with pivot joint, allowing medial rotation of the arm. It was attached to the humerus with screws and the prosthesis was attached to the scapula with platinum wire. On March 11, 1893, Pean removed the synovium and the humeral head, and implanted the prosthesis, becoming the first known surgeon to attempt a shoulder arthroplasty. The patient was ambulatory 12 days later, and discharged from the hospital 20 days after the procedure. Pedoux was able to get work as a waiter, as he could open and pour wine, and hand out glasses without drawing attention to himself. However, several fistulas developed along the line of incision, resulting in removal of the prosthesis in 1895. Although unsuccessful as a prosthesis, it proved that the human body could tolerate an artificial implant, which paved the way for the development of joint arthroplasty in the mid-20th century."Each image and the ink markings are as follows. Image 4051 is an image of the left humerus, scapula and apparatus to replace resected humerious. Image 4052 shows the apparatus in situ. Image 4053 shows the arm viewed posteriously. Image 4054 is an image of Jules Pedoux. Each image is marked additionally "See 4179, Misc series".The operation was widely reported including in the dental literature (Dental Cosmos, 1896, p 651). The device itself resides at the National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM), who reports that this operation" preceded the first prosthetic hip joint replacement by 26 years."In our experience photographic evidence of this sort of procedure is not often found in today's marketplace.Literature:Alan J. Hawk, "The Case of Jules Pedoux" in Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research. 2016 Feb; 474(2): 302-303.Norman, Jeremy (ed), "Morton's Medical Bibliography An Annotated Check list of Texts illustrating the History of Medicine (Garrison and Morton)", 5th edition, pp 674, #4364.1 Seller ID: 28963 Subject: History of medicine, Medicine, Photographs & Photography Kuenzig Books Topsfield MA USA Since 1996 Kuenzig Books has bought and sold rare and/or interesting items in many fields with a focus on 19th and 20th century Science, Technology, and Engineering. We are particularly interested in the History of Computing, and the speed with which the technological innovations of the 20th century have impacted the way we live. You'll discover some depth in Physics, Mathematics, Nobel Prize authors, Computing, Scientific Instruments, and Chemistry. 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