. Röntgen ray diagnosis and therapy . De-formed Fractures. An extraordi-nary case of this kind, however, maybe reported in this connection. The arm of a girl of fourteenyears who sustained a fracture of theexternal condyle of the humerus byfalling from a high stairway, wasimmobilized in extension by an ex-perienced surgeon. Shortly after-ward considerable functional dis-turbance set in, and gradually pa-ralysis of the extremity grasping power became lost,and supination was the author saw the patientfor the first time there was considerable deformity in the regiono


. Röntgen ray diagnosis and therapy . De-formed Fractures. An extraordi-nary case of this kind, however, maybe reported in this connection. The arm of a girl of fourteenyears who sustained a fracture of theexternal condyle of the humerus byfalling from a high stairway, wasimmobilized in extension by an ex-perienced surgeon. Shortly after-ward considerable functional dis-turbance set in, and gradually pa-ralysis of the extremity grasping power became lost,and supination was the author saw the patientfor the first time there was considerable deformity in the regionof the elbow (Fig. 1-12) and the typical drop-hand. Supination of the forearm was justas impossible as ab-duction of the ulna(Fig. 143). Bothphalangeal ends couldbe extended slightlyby the lumbricalesand interossei. Skiagraphic exam-ination revealed thepresence of an im-mense thickening ofthe external condyleof the humerus, which pointed to an injury of the radial suggested the presence of a callous mass in which the radial. Fig. 142.—Old Fractoke of Ex-ternal Condyle.


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