The treatment of fractures . Fig. 329.—Metacarpus and phalangesshowing epiphyses at fifteen years (.WarrenMuseum, specimen 537). Fig. 330.—Fracture of third dropping of knuckle. Ligament-ous preparation. is sometimes felt in the palm of the hand (see Fig. 330). Thisdeformity is characterized by a loss from the line of the knucklesof that knuckle corresponding to the fractured metacarpal (seeFigs. 331, 332). Pain and crepitus are present. The hand cannot be closed tightly on account of the swelling and pain. To obtain crepitus easily and to assist in reducing the fracture,it
The treatment of fractures . Fig. 329.—Metacarpus and phalangesshowing epiphyses at fifteen years (.WarrenMuseum, specimen 537). Fig. 330.—Fracture of third dropping of knuckle. Ligament-ous preparation. is sometimes felt in the palm of the hand (see Fig. 330). Thisdeformity is characterized by a loss from the line of the knucklesof that knuckle corresponding to the fractured metacarpal (seeFigs. 331, 332). Pain and crepitus are present. The hand cannot be closed tightly on account of the swelling and pain. To obtain crepitus easily and to assist in reducing the fracture,it is best to grasp the finger corresponding to the fractured meta-carpal with the whole right hand, steadying the injured metacar-pus with the left hand, and then to make steady and continuoustraction (see Fig. 333). The distal fragment is so short and 246 FRACTURES OF CARPUS, METACARPUS, AlvD PHALANGES movable that unless this device is used to steady the fragment itwill be difficult to determine crepitus and to reduce th
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