. Virginia medical semi-monthly . does not come, strictlyspeaking, within the scope of this paper, as itis intended to confine the cases to those in-volving the elbow joint. My object in includ-ing this case is on account of the age of thepatient, for I believe that the older the childis, the less likely is the joint to be involvedin a fracture of the lower end of the humerusthat is produced by force received on the handforcing the forearm backwards. This, is theway the force is applied that causes fracturesof the condyles in the great majority of boy fell off a fence about five fet
. Virginia medical semi-monthly . does not come, strictlyspeaking, within the scope of this paper, as itis intended to confine the cases to those in-volving the elbow joint. My object in includ-ing this case is on account of the age of thepatient, for I believe that the older the childis, the less likely is the joint to be involvedin a fracture of the lower end of the humerusthat is produced by force received on the handforcing the forearm backwards. This, is theway the force is applied that causes fracturesof the condyles in the great majority of boy fell off a fence about five fet high,falling on an outstretched arm in his effort toprotect himself. The fracture was reduced under chloroformanesthesia, and put up in plaster of Paris,which was removed in five weeks. The resultwas perfectly satisfactory. Case XVII.—Aged 6 years. This case Isaw in a few hours after the accident. Diae-nosis: Supra-condyloid fracture of thehumerus with lateral and backward displace-ment of the fragments. (See photographs j^WBI^BBeg Photo No. VI., Case xvfi. 6 and 7.) The X-rays were taken after theusual manipulations had been used to reduce 450 THE VIRGINIA MEDICAL SEMI-MONTHLY. [January 7, the fractures, but as the fragments were notat all in a satisfactory position, operation wasdone in the usual way. A drill was inserted
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