. On modern methods of treating fractures . Fig. 135.—The same ease as Fig. 134 nine months later, showingthe plastic union of the graft to its bed. But there are some cases where there has been actual loss ofbone substance, due perhaps to necrosis, or to the destructive 276 MODERN METHODS OF TREATING FRACTURES results of gunfire. In these cases only should fresh bone betaken from elsewhere, and the anterior border of the tibia affordsthe best source of supply. If the humerus or femur is to be repaired, the new graft maybe driven into one fragment as a peg, and secured to the otherfragment as

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. On modern methods of treating fractures . Fig. 135.—The same ease as Fig. 134 nine months later, showingthe plastic union of the graft to its bed. But there are some cases where there has been actual loss ofbone substance, due perhaps to necrosis, or to the destructive 276 MODERN METHODS OF TREATING FRACTURES results of gunfire. In these cases only should fresh bone betaken from elsewhere, and the anterior border of the tibia affordsthe best source of supply. If the humerus or femur is to be repaired, the new graft maybe driven into one fragment as a peg, and secured to the otherfragment as an inlay, in the manner shown in Figs. ISi,

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