. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Lines of fracture of externalcondyle 276 FRACTURES. Fig. Experimental fracture of external con-dyle by a blow on the palm of thehand, elbow flexed at right angle. Swelling appears first onthe outer side and then be-comes uniform; ecchymosisappears below the condyle,or on the inner side if thepatient has remained inbed with the arm abduct-ed. Loss of function isnot so marked as in frac-ture of the internal con-dyle ; pain is felt on press-ing the broken condyleagainst the shaft, inward,upward, or forward; also onpressure with the tip o
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Lines of fracture of externalcondyle 276 FRACTURES. Fig. Experimental fracture of external con-dyle by a blow on the palm of thehand, elbow flexed at right angle. Swelling appears first onthe outer side and then be-comes uniform; ecchymosisappears below the condyle,or on the inner side if thepatient has remained inbed with the arm abduct-ed. Loss of function isnot so marked as in frac-ture of the internal con-dyle ; pain is felt on press-ing the broken condyleagainst the shaft, inward,upward, or forward; also onpressure with the tip of thefinger on the ridge closeabove the epicondyle. Ab-normal mobility appearsas adduction of the fore-arm (also painful), with lessor no abduction, and cansometimes be recognizedby grasping the fragmentbetween the thumb andfinger and moving it back-ward and forward while theshaft is firmly held; crepi- m its proper position, but there is tend-ency to tilting (flexion) of the fragment,and sometimes it is markedly rotatedabout one or another axis, so far in one ofKocher\s cases and one of mine that thefractured
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