. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . 600 DISLOCATIONS OF THE WRIST. Unless a tendency to displacement exists, no splints or bandages ofany kind ought to be applied, but it should be treated by rest and coolwater lotions until all danger from inflammation has Dislocation of the carpal bones forwards. (FromFergusson.) § 2. Dislocations of the Carpal Bones Forwards. The causes, mechanism, symptoms, pathology, treatment, &c, of this accident resemble in so manyFig. 244. points those of the preceding dislocation, with only the differ-ences necessarily due to a changein th
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . 600 DISLOCATIONS OF THE WRIST. Unless a tendency to displacement exists, no splints or bandages ofany kind ought to be applied, but it should be treated by rest and coolwater lotions until all danger from inflammation has Dislocation of the carpal bones forwards. (FromFergusson.) § 2. Dislocations of the Carpal Bones Forwards. The causes, mechanism, symptoms, pathology, treatment, &c, of this accident resemble in so manyFig. 244. points those of the preceding dislocation, with only the differ-ences necessarily due to a changein the direction of the bones, thatI find it not worth while to domore than to relate one singleexample contained in BransbyCoopers edition of Sir Astleyswork on Fractures and Disloca-tions. The case did not comeunder the observation of himself, but was relatedto him by Mr. Haydon, a sur-geon residing in London. It isespecially interesting as furnish-ing an example of a dislocationof both wrists at the same mo-ment, and from similar causes, but in opposite directions. A lad, aged about thirteen years, was thrown violently from ahorse on the 11th of June, 1840, striking upon the palms of bothhands and upon his forehead. The left carpus was found to be dis-located back
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