The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . ELBOW LUXATION BACKWARD. fig. 226, the posterior projection is very olecranon process is above the external con-dyle, and a deep hollow may be felt on each sideof it; while in front, under the tendons, the con-dyles appear like hard tumors. The hand andforearm are supine, and cannot be entirely the lateral dislocations of both bones, whetherinward or outward, they are driven move or lessbackward. In the outward dislocation, fig. 227,the pvojection of the ulna is still gveater; the co-wnoid process is
The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . ELBOW LUXATION BACKWARD. fig. 226, the posterior projection is very olecranon process is above the external con-dyle, and a deep hollow may be felt on each sideof it; while in front, under the tendons, the con-dyles appear like hard tumors. The hand andforearm are supine, and cannot be entirely the lateral dislocations of both bones, whetherinward or outward, they are driven move or lessbackward. In the outward dislocation, fig. 227,the pvojection of the ulna is still gveater; the co-wnoid process is fixed at the external condyle ; and. Ithe flat head of the rudius forms a projection outsideand behind the elbow, with an abrupt cavity above lateral Ci»loc*.fc In the inward luxation, fig. 228, the head of « ulna is displaced behind or jver the internal condyle, IB. m 8UEGERT. Fig 228. that direction, while the external condyle it made equally prominent on its side by the radiusoccuyping the place of the ulua. When the ulna is dislocated backward, theolecranon can be easily felt behind the humerus;tht arm cannot be straightened, nor can it beflexed to more than a ight angle; the forearmand hand are also tw:sted inward. In dislocations of the radius forward, , the forenrn is more or less bent, but inattempting to flex it further, it is suddenly stop-ped before it gets to a right angle; the elevatedhead of the radius bears against the fore part ofthe humerus, where, if a finger be pressed intothe bend of the arm, it may be felt hand is also in a state of pronation. In the backward dislocation of the radius,fig. 230, the head of the bone may be seen andfelt behind the external condyle of the hu-merus ; the arm is nearly straight, and cannotbe flexed; the hand is pronate, and cannot be«*tehal dislocation turned. inward. Treatment.â
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