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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Opposite traction.
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If, while the patient is fully anæsthetised, traction is made on the leg and counter-traction on the thigh with the knee in the flexed position, the bones can usually be replaced by manipulation.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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