. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. hownby grasping the foot with one hand so that the i)osterior portion of tht»sole rests in the palm, with the thumb close below the external niallo-olus, and the index-finger below iXxQ. internal malicious, and moving itbodily inward and outw^ard wliile the other hand grasps the U\o- alxnothe ankle and steadies it (Figs. 324 and 325). Thi> mnnipulatii>n some-times produces i\ distinct click by the impact of the astragalus againstthe internal malleohis or of the external malleolus against the tibia. In like manner abnormal mobilitv bac
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. hownby grasping the foot with one hand so that the i)osterior portion of tht»sole rests in the palm, with the thumb close below the external niallo-olus, and the index-finger below iXxQ. internal malicious, and moving itbodily inward and outw^ard wliile the other hand grasps the U\o- alxnothe ankle and steadies it (Figs. 324 and 325). Thi> mnnipulatii>n some-times produces i\ distinct click by the impact of the astragalus againstthe internal malleohis or of the external malleolus against the tibia. In like manner abnormal mobilitv backward and forward can sonio- 448 FRACTURES. times be shown by clasping the back of the heel with the fingers ofboth hands, placing the thumbs on the front of the lower part of thetibia, and then alternately lifting the foot and allowing it to drop back,the patient being recumbent. Three points of tenderness on pressure are constant and character-istic : one in front at the position of the tibio-fibular ligament, that is, Fig. 326. Fig. 327, 0.^ ^ ^.
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