Cotton is a proper name per this info
Posted By: DBone on 2008-12-29
In Reply to: yes, cotton (or hook) test is correct. Used during arthroscopic or fluoroscopy syndesmotic procedur - JR
Subject: Cotton is a proper name per this info
Cotton, F. The ankle and foot.
In Dislocations and Joint-Fractures. WB Saunders Co.
Philadelphia 1910:535-88.
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