. American X-ray journal . fig. 4. only thing that was done was to paint itwith iodine. The sixth radiograph is the elbow ofa seven-year-old boy who fell and brokethe humerus in the lower fourth. Hewas taken to our hospital, and I aminformed that he was a pay patient forfour weeks and his arm was set (?) per-fectly straight, in the good old way, bythose that afford succor to those that 572 THE AMERICAN X-RA Y JOURNAL. meet with sudden accidents only and wasdischarged with a supposedly straightarm. A glance at the radiograph willshow how straight it really was. Whyan institution that receives t
. American X-ray journal . fig. 4. only thing that was done was to paint itwith iodine. The sixth radiograph is the elbow ofa seven-year-old boy who fell and brokethe humerus in the lower fourth. Hewas taken to our hospital, and I aminformed that he was a pay patient forfour weeks and his arm was set (?) per-fectly straight, in the good old way, bythose that afford succor to those that 572 THE AMERICAN X-RA Y JOURNAL. meet with sudden accidents only and wasdischarged with a supposedly straightarm. A glance at the radiograph willshow how straight it really was. Whyan institution that receives thousands ofdollars every year, and with the abovemotto, can tolerate the above, is beyondmy comprehension. The seventh radio-graph is another elbow joint. A littlegirl of three years, fell off the back stoopand cried because she had bruised her. fig. 5. elbow. Her parents happily took herto a physician who believes in findingout at once what the condition is, and asa result, we radiographed the elbow andfound the internal condyle broken offand separated by an eighth of an inchfrom the shaft of the radius. The elbowwas immediately set and has united per-fectly, the child being able to use thearm as before the accident. The eighth radiograph is that of another sprainedwrist. This was a puzzle, as a look atthe radiograph will show that none ofthe signs of fracture could be made outby the usual means. There was no lossof motion. The hand could be pronatedand supemated and there was no crepa-tus, and but little swelling and very lit-tle pain. The radiograph shows thestyloid process broken off and displaced,and an extensive impaction of the shaftand head of the radius. The wrist isnow well, and has healed in the posi-tion shown and is as useful as it was be-fore. The case was a woman fifty yearsold and she caught her foot in a piec
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