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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Osteomyelitis and compound fractures and other infected wounds: Treatment by the method of drainage and rest.

Publication Details

St. Louis, MO: C. V. Mosby Co., 1929 CE.

Orr developed a treatment for open fractures “consisting of thorough debridement, reduction of the fracture, and usually, maintenance of the reduction by the technique of pins transfixing the fragments and incorporated into the plaster” (Peltier).

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Entry Number#4433.1
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/6286
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External URLosteomyelitis-and-compound-fractures-and-other-infected-wounds-treatment-by-the-method-of-drainage-and-rest

Geographic Context

Publication place: St. Louis, MO