The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . US>£> *.» DOWN WAR t III1A riO» jOn 5URGERT. In the backward luxation, the head of the femur can rarely be feltthe trochanter will be found furthei back than natural; the foot andknee are turned inward ; the knee is slightly flexed and advanced for-ward ; the heel is raised, and the ball of the great toe rests on the baseof the other great toe, and the limb is shortened from half an inch toan inch, fig. 242. Tn the forward and upward luxation, the head of the bone is at in fropt, and a little
The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . US>£> *.» DOWN WAR t III1A riO» jOn 5URGERT. In the backward luxation, the head of the femur can rarely be feltthe trochanter will be found furthei back than natural; the foot andknee are turned inward ; the knee is slightly flexed and advanced for-ward ; the heel is raised, and the ball of the great toe rests on the baseof the other great toe, and the limb is shortened from half an inch toan inch, fig. 242. Tn the forward and upward luxation, the head of the bone is at in fropt, and a little above the level of Ponpnrts ligament,which circumstance distinguishes the case from a fracture of the neckof the femur ; the limb is shortened from one to one and a half inches;the knee is everted ; the foot and knee cannot be rotated inward, bulthe thigh can be flexed, bringing them forward. In the erect positionthis patient, fig. 243, contrasts strikingly with the preceding one. Treatment.—As the muscles concerned in this articulation are large,ud their res
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