. Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy : with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray . Fig. 143.—Fracture of the ulna and radius near the wrist. the ulna was quite distinct. This arm had been injured two weeksbefore it was skiagraphed, and it would not have been skiagraphedthen had it not been for the constant and severe pain that the pa-tient was experiencing. There was no external evidence of theinjury. Fig. 143 is a skiagraph made of the wrist and lower ends ofthe ulna and radius of a young man between 16 and 17 y
. Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy : with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray . Fig. 143.—Fracture of the ulna and radius near the wrist. the ulna was quite distinct. This arm had been injured two weeksbefore it was skiagraphed, and it would not have been skiagraphedthen had it not been for the constant and severe pain that the pa-tient was experiencing. There was no external evidence of theinjury. Fig. 143 is a skiagraph made of the wrist and lower ends ofthe ulna and radius of a young man between 16 and 17 years fracture was the result of a fall while skating on roller skates. 31-1 PRACTICAL ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS AND X-RAY THERAPY The physician in charge had made little attempt to reduce the in-jury because he was not sure of the extent of the fracture. The otherarm had been fractured about the same place and grossly neglected,. Pig. 144.—Fracture of the radius two inches above the wrist and the ulna at the epiphy-sis, or rather a dislocation of the epiphyseal end of the ulna. resulting in a deformed and almost useless member. The fractureswere reduced and a permanent dressing was applied while the pa-tient was at the laboratory, after which another examination was X-RAY IN FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS 315 made with the x-ray, when the bones were found to be in exactapposition. The final result was excellent, the arm being as strongand the function as perfect as before the accident. Fig. 144 shows a fracture in both the radius and ulna. There isa slight bend in the radius at the point of fracture, with no dis-placement, while the fractured end of the ulna is completelydisplaced. Injuries of this kind are difficult to diagnose withouta skiagraph. Unless the displacement of the bones is overcome,there will be a permanent deformity, with a considerable loss offunction in the wrist and hand. Most of these cases a
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