Percival Pott;Pott's Fracture,Pott's Disease of the Spine,Pott's Paraplegia

Abstract

There is a commonly held belief that Percival Pott sustained that ankle fracture that bears his name. This probably is not true; the injury was more likely a fracture of the tibial shaft, as suggested by careful reading of the account of the accident left to us by his son-in-law.