A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ned; for more than half of thewhole number, that is, just thirty-two,have their ages set down in round deci-mals, such as 50, 60, 70, etc., and itwould be easy to show by the inevita-ble law of chances, that this could notpossibly be a true statement. If does not pretend to have giventhe ages with accuracy, but only to havearrived as near to the truth as his sourcesof information would permit, then I pro-test that these tables do not constituteproper evidence in relation to this point;and until better evidence is furnished Ishall co
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ned; for more than half of thewhole number, that is, just thirty-two,have their ages set down in round deci-mals, such as 50, 60, 70, etc., and itwould be easy to show by the inevita-ble law of chances, that this could notpossibly be a true statement. If does not pretend to have giventhe ages with accuracy, but only to havearrived as near to the truth as his sourcesof information would permit, then I pro-test that these tables do not constituteproper evidence in relation to this point;and until better evidence is furnished Ishall continue to think, with Sir AstleyCooper, that fractures within the cap-sule belong generally to an older classof subjects than fractures without thecapsule. This opinion, confirmed bymy own experience, does not, however, as Malgaigne seems to think,imply that fractures within the capsule may not occasionally occur inpersons much younger than the average limit, namely,*under fiftyyears. Dr. Hydes tables present two cases under 50 years, and twelve at. Fracture within the capsule. NECK, WITHIN THE CAPSULE. 371 or over 50. Of the two under 50 years, one was 48 years of age, andthe other 39. Of course the reader will make what allowance he shallthink proper as to the accuracy of these diagnoses, inasmuch as suchdiagnoses are notoriously difficult, and often inaccurate. It is also believed that intracapsular fractures are more frequent inwomen than in men. In Dr. Hydes tables there are ten females andfour males. The position of the neck of the femur, and the great thickness of themuscular coverings, render its fracture from a direct blow a very rarecircumstance; indeed, it can only happen as the result of gunshot ac-cidents, or other similar penetrating injuries. It is broken therefore usually by indirect blows, such as a fall uponthe bottom of the foot, upon the knee, or upon the trochanter major;or by muscular action alone, as has sometimes happened with very oldpeople, who, in wal
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