. A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints. and a portion of the callusprojected into the space between the extremities of the radius. t Fracture of the radius and ulna ; ligamentous union of the latter. X The particulars of the case were as follows:—The boy was admitted into theBristol Infirmary for disease of the tibia; and the diseased portion not exceedingmore than from two to three inches in length, that part of the bone was removedby the saw. In a month the limb had acquired so much firmness, that the boywas permitted to walk about the ward, which he was able to perform tol
. A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints. and a portion of the callusprojected into the space between the extremities of the radius. t Fracture of the radius and ulna ; ligamentous union of the latter. X The particulars of the case were as follows:—The boy was admitted into theBristol Infirmary for disease of the tibia; and the diseased portion not exceedingmore than from two to three inches in length, that part of the bone was removedby the saw. In a month the limb had acquired so much firmness, that the boywas permitted to walk about the ward, which he was able to perform tolerablywell, and in six weeks no doubt was entertained that ossification had taken place inthe uniting substance ; at this time he sickened with the small-pox and died.—Uponexamination, the edges of the extremities of the tibia were found absorbed androunded, and on the inferior portion a bony callus had formed, about fhree-quarters-of an inch in extent; no ossific matter was discoverable in the greater part of the 124 FRACTURE OF THE CERVIX FEMORIS. This fact is easily seen by ex-periments on animals: I sawedseven-eighths of an inch of theradius from a rabbit, and the endsof the bones were not united toeach other, but only to the also sawed off the extremity ofthe os calcis of a rabbit, and suf-fered it to be drawn up by theaction of the gastrocnemius mus-cle, and it united only by ligament. The following communicationis from Mr. Benjamin Bell, of Square, Edinburgh, andillustrates want of apposition as acause of non-union of bone. Case LXXXV.—June, 1822. William Coulthard, aged thirty-five,of a plethoric habit, a miner, was stemming a bore, preparatory toblasting a rock, when the powder inflamed, in consequence of thefriction, and exploded, giving rise to the following accident:—Oneportion of the rock struck him in the perinaeum, and occasioned acompound fracture of the tuberosity of the left ischium, which wasfollowed by profuse haemorrhage. Another p
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