The practice of surgery . ss of func-tion which this entails. Dislocation of the shoulder isone of the commonest of head of the humerus nearly alwaysleaves the joint through the lowerportion of the capsule, and goes torest either beneath the glenoid cavity(subglenoid dislocation) or beneaththe coracoid process (subcoracoid dis-location). There is also a subspinous or backward dislocation—acondition of the greatest rarity. For the purposes of treatment itmatters Httle whether the dislocation be subglenoid or one of the forward dislocations gives rise to a cha
The practice of surgery . ss of func-tion which this entails. Dislocation of the shoulder isone of the commonest of head of the humerus nearly alwaysleaves the joint through the lowerportion of the capsule, and goes torest either beneath the glenoid cavity(subglenoid dislocation) or beneaththe coracoid process (subcoracoid dis-location). There is also a subspinous or backward dislocation—acondition of the greatest rarity. For the purposes of treatment itmatters Httle whether the dislocation be subglenoid or one of the forward dislocations gives rise to a characteristicand definite picture and chain of symptoms: The patient sits bentforward and supports in his hand the elbow of his injured arm; thenormal outline of his shoulder is changed; the deltoid is flat instead ofrounded; the elbow protrudes from the side and is fixed in that position;the head of the bone may be palpated bimanually in the axilla. Thesurgeon should confirm these observations by the x-ray, through which. Fie. -Dressing for dislocatedclavicle. 928 MINOR SURGERY—DISEASES OF STRLCTUUE means also he must determine upon the i)rcscn(e or of a coinci-<lcnt fracture. The treatment of dislocation of the shouldei is exticincly easy in casethe dislocation be recent. The head of the bone \\\U slip back into its 1
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