. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . ry year will see the number grow less. A few years ago our methods of handling fractures were so crudethat if we could get the bones toknit together everybody was satis-fied. If the limb was somewhatcrooked or if the adjacent jointswere a little stiff it was thought tobe inevitable. Ofttimes we had tobe satisfied with a false joint—thebones would not knit. Now a failure to knit is inex-cusable except where the fractureis of the hip within the capsule. The next step will be for thesurgeons to operate promptly onthose hip fractures (intra-capsu-lar), nailing the
. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . ry year will see the number grow less. A few years ago our methods of handling fractures were so crudethat if we could get the bones toknit together everybody was satis-fied. If the limb was somewhatcrooked or if the adjacent jointswere a little stiff it was thought tobe inevitable. Ofttimes we had tobe satisfied with a false joint—thebones would not knit. Now a failure to knit is inex-cusable except where the fractureis of the hip within the capsule. The next step will be for thesurgeons to operate promptly onthose hip fractures (intra-capsu-lar), nailing the fragments to-gether. When such fractures aretreated by operation the day of oldununited intracapsular fractureswill be over. So far as the other fracturesare concerned they are now expected to heal in such a way as to leave thelimb strong and the joints just as pliable as before. To bring about this last result several procedures have contributed. Thefirst is the use of the X-ray. When a bone is thought to be broken the X-rays. Fig. 415.—Door Exercising Bar.
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