. The principles and practice of modern surgery. Treatment.—Simple extension from the hand, the elbow being straight.(6.) Dislocation of the radius backwards is very rare. The head of * Opposite views of same bones. DISLOCATIONS OF THE HAND. 273 the bone can be felt behind the outer condyle. Reduced by simply bend-ing the arm, which should be kept bent for three weeks. Fig. Diagnosis.—These dislocations of the elbow maybe distinguished fromfractures of the lower extremity of the humerus, (1) by the impairedmobility of the joint, and by the absence of crepitus ; (2) by measuringthe length
. The principles and practice of modern surgery. Treatment.—Simple extension from the hand, the elbow being straight.(6.) Dislocation of the radius backwards is very rare. The head of * Opposite views of same bones. DISLOCATIONS OF THE HAND. 273 the bone can be felt behind the outer condyle. Reduced by simply bend-ing the arm, which should be kept bent for three weeks. Fig. Diagnosis.—These dislocations of the elbow maybe distinguished fromfractures of the lower extremity of the humerus, (1) by the impairedmobility of the joint, and by the absence of crepitus ; (2) by measuringthe length of the humerus from its condyles to the shoulder;—which, indislocation, will be equal to that of the sound limb, but will be diminishedin fracture of the lower extremity of the humerus. But when it is con-sidered that these six dislocations maybe combined with various fracturesof the condyles of the humerus and of the bones of the forearm, it will beadmitted that the injuries of the elbow present a sufficiently wide andcomplicated field of study. V. Dislocations of the Wrist may readily be distinguished by thealtered position of the hand, which is thrown either backwards or for-wards if both bones be dislocated, or twisted if only one be displaced,—and by the alteration of the natural relative position of the styloid pro-cesses of the radius and ulna with the bones
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