A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . Fracture of the glenoid cavity. Fracture of the coracoid process. Fig. 378. acromion, clavicle, or humerus. The accident, which is of very rare occurrence,is characterized by inability to raise and adduct the arm, by preternatural mo-bility, by depression of the detached fragment by the conjoined action of thesmall pectoral, two-headed flexor, and coraco-brachial muscles, and by the de-tection of crepitus on moving the arm upon the shoulder, the finger being placedbetween the deltoid and great pectoral muscles. The ad
A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . Fracture of the glenoid cavity. Fracture of the coracoid process. Fig. 378. acromion, clavicle, or humerus. The accident, which is of very rare occurrence,is characterized by inability to raise and adduct the arm, by preternatural mo-bility, by depression of the detached fragment by the conjoined action of thesmall pectoral, two-headed flexor, and coraco-brachial muscles, and by the de-tection of crepitus on moving the arm upon the shoulder, the finger being placedbetween the deltoid and great pectoral muscles. The adjoining sketch, fig. 377,taken from a preparation in Professor Neills collection, affords an illustration ofa well-marked specimen of fracture of the coracoid process. The treatment consists in. confining the arm and forearm to the anterior partof the chest by means of a bandage and sling, care being taken to keep the elbowwell raised, so as to fix the top of the scapula, and support the broken part. Bythis proceeding, the pectoral and flexor muscles of the arm are relaxe
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