A practical and systematic treatise on fractures and dislocations . a lateial or twisting motion. In such aninjury the lower fragment of the fibula follows the bones ofthe tarsus, and abandons all contact with the long fragment,This lesion is analogous to Potts fracture, the foot being dis-located backwards, instead of outwards. The dislocation, in. 244 Fkactures. both cases, is tlie leading feature of the injury. The foot,however, can be quickly replaced, while it requires severalweeks treatment to secure union between the fragments of thej&bula. The symptoms of what is called Potts fracture
A practical and systematic treatise on fractures and dislocations . a lateial or twisting motion. In such aninjury the lower fragment of the fibula follows the bones ofthe tarsus, and abandons all contact with the long fragment,This lesion is analogous to Potts fracture, the foot being dis-located backwards, instead of outwards. The dislocation, in. 244 Fkactures. both cases, is tlie leading feature of the injury. The foot,however, can be quickly replaced, while it requires severalweeks treatment to secure union between the fragments of thej&bula. The symptoms of what is called Potts fracture are quitemarked ; yet the patient, as soon as the injury is received, oftenreaches down and twists the foot back into place, therebyovercoming those prominent signs which so clearly indicatethe nature and extent of this complicated lesion. After thefoot has been replaced the limb appears so natural in contourthat the inexperienced practitioner may be led to supposethat no serious injury exists. I was once called to see , printer, living then on Elizabeth Street, who had re-ceived a severe twist of the foot by having it caught in acrevice of the sidewalk. He suffered so much pain that hehired a passing hackman to carry him home. A physician ofconsiderable surgical acquirements was called ; but before hearrived\he patient with his
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