Thomas and his Splint

McMurray, T. P.

doi:10.1136/bmj.1.4457.872

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British Bonesetting In the 19th Century1

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“…He also points out that while many of the bonesetters were simply manipulators, some used massage alone, others applied poultices. 10 Leyson has reviewed bonesetting in Britain and states that some bonesetters were descendants of long family traditions of bonesetters, listing the Huttons of Westmorland, the Mathews of the Midlands, the Taylors of Witworth and the Thomas family of Anglesey. HOT came from the last family group (Figure 1).…”

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Hugh Owen Thomas, and his condemning of bonesetting—“The lady doth protest too much, methinks”: A reexamination

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2021

J Med Biogr

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Hugh Owen Thomas (1834–1891) is considered to be the father of British orthopedics. Hugh Owen Thomas came from a bonesetting family in Anglesey, Wales. Although raised and taught in the methods of bonesetting, he, later on, came to harshly condemn bonesetting, both by unqualified bonesetters and qualified medical practitioners as well. Writers on Hugh Owen Thomas's life questioned his harsh condemning of bonesetting, as this method of treatment helped many patients, and wondered why he was so critical of it. This paper discusses Hugh Owen Thomas's views on bonesetting and gives some discussion on why he was so critical, critical to the point of being polemic and argumentative on the subject.

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Section: British Bonesetting In the 19th Centurymentioning

confidence: 99%