. On modern methods of treating fractures . is partly owing to adhesion of the quadriceps muscleover the site of the fracture. Case 6 is that of an old man who had a T-shaped fractureof the lower end of the femur with a break of the patella{Fig. 6). The result was a gross disorganization of the knee-joint, with almost complete loss of movement. This patient was INTRODUCTORY 15 to have been the subject of litigation in the county covut, but theinsurance company, on seeing the skiagram, preferred to payhim on the basis of total permanent disablement. Case 7 is that of a lady who broke both bones
. On modern methods of treating fractures . is partly owing to adhesion of the quadriceps muscleover the site of the fracture. Case 6 is that of an old man who had a T-shaped fractureof the lower end of the femur with a break of the patella{Fig. 6). The result was a gross disorganization of the knee-joint, with almost complete loss of movement. This patient was INTRODUCTORY 15 to have been the subject of litigation in the county covut, but theinsurance company, on seeing the skiagram, preferred to payhim on the basis of total permanent disablement. Case 7 is that of a lady who broke both bones of her leg four-teen years before the date of theskiagram {Fig. 7), and who wastreated by the usual three splintsleft in position for seven weeks,followed by six weeks in the original displace-ment, the element remaining isangulation, which so throws theline of the knee- and ankie-jointsout of gear that she has a chronicsynovitis with effusion in the knee-joint, Avith laxity of the internallateral ligament, and a ]5ainful.
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