In which part of the body would a person have a Pott’s fracture?
Pott's fracture refers to the same mechanism, and it is named for Guillaume Dupuytren. Pott did not describe disruption of the tibio-fibular ligament, whereas Dupuytren did. Pott's fracture Pott's fracture, also known as Pott's syndrome I and Dupuytren fracture, is an archaic term loosely applied to a variety of bimalleolar ankle fractures. The injury is caused by a combined abduction external rotation from an eversion force. This action strains the sturdy medial (deltoid) ligament of the ankle, often tearing off the medial malleolus due to its strong attachment. The talus then moves laterally, shearing off the lateral malleolus or, more commonly, breaking
Percivall Pott he retired in 1787 and was named a governor of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Percivall Pott has influenced medicine and modern understanding of diseases. Many diseases today are his namesake including: Pott’s fracture, Pott’s disease of the spine, and Pott’s puffy tumor. One disease which does not, yet is important to Pott's legacy is chimney sweeper's carcinoma. Pott quickly recognized the association between carcinoma and chimney sweeps and published his findings in a piece titled “Chirurgical Observations relative to…the cancer of the scrotum.” He wrote that the disease was, " peculiar to a certain sort of people [ and ] which