Lectures on the American eclectic system of surgery . n down withit into the axilla, both by the weight of the arm and the con-tractions of the pectoralis major, latissimus dorsi and sub-scapularus. The head of the humerus can be felt in the axilla,as when it is luxated. The acromion process is very conspicu-ous, from a depression beneath. The deltoid is flattened andthe arm elongated. Crepitus can be discovered and the natureof the case readily ascertained, by placing the thumb on thecoracoid process and the fingers in the axilla, while the arm ispushed outward and upward. The treatment in th
Lectures on the American eclectic system of surgery . n down withit into the axilla, both by the weight of the arm and the con-tractions of the pectoralis major, latissimus dorsi and sub-scapularus. The head of the humerus can be felt in the axilla,as when it is luxated. The acromion process is very conspicu-ous, from a depression beneath. The deltoid is flattened andthe arm elongated. Crepitus can be discovered and the natureof the case readily ascertained, by placing the thumb on thecoracoid process and the fingers in the axilla, while the arm ispushed outward and upward. The treatment in this case consists merely of putting theparts properly in apposition, and keeping them there, by the clavicle bandage with a wedge-shaped pad under the arm, soas to keep arm and shoulder both perfectly fixed and immovableuntil union takes place. Fracture of the is a very common accident and easily collar bone usually gives way near the middle with an oblique fracture, as in Figs. 69 and 70).) Passing the finger Fig. Fig. 70.
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