A system of surgery . Figs 325 and 326.—From Photographs of a recent case of Fracture of the internal Malleolusand of the Fibula 2 to 3 inches up; with displacement backwards and outwards ofthe foot. POTTS FRACTURE. 869 into which the astragalus, outer edge first, can ascend (Dupuytrensfracture). The foot is greatly everted, but the chief feature is theincrease in width at the level of the malleoli. (See also page 1018.)(4) In catching the heel, alighting from a height or from acarriage in motion, the leg-bones tend to move on after the foot hasbeen arrested, and a dislocation backwards of the

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A system of surgery . Figs 325 and 326.—From Photographs of a recent case of Fracture of the internal Malleolusand of the Fibula 2 to 3 inches up; with displacement backwards and outwards ofthe foot. POTTS FRACTURE. 869 into which the astragalus, outer edge first, can ascend (Dupuytrensfracture). The foot is greatly everted, but the chief feature is theincrease in width at the level of the malleoli. (See also page 1018.)(4) In catching the heel, alighting from a height or from acarriage in motion, the leg-bones tend to move on after the foot hasbeen arrested, and a dislocation backwards of the foot is likely tooccur ; sometimes the astragalus and os, calcis carry both malleoliwith them (Fig. 330); the heel projects markedly ; the lower end tibia forms a prominence in front; the tendo Achillis is stretched,

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