A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . Senile atrophy of the neck of the Atrophy which might be mistaken for united fracture. The mode of repair of intra-capsular fractures is peculiar. Ordinary fracturesgenerally unite by osseous matter, which passes through the same phases as theprimitive osseous tissue, a considerable period invariably elapsing before the finalcompletion of the process ; but in this variety of injury the connecting mediumis of a fibro-ligamentous nature, as in similar lesions of the olecranon process, thepatella, and skull. But
A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . Senile atrophy of the neck of the Atrophy which might be mistaken for united fracture. The mode of repair of intra-capsular fractures is peculiar. Ordinary fracturesgenerally unite by osseous matter, which passes through the same phases as theprimitive osseous tissue, a considerable period invariably elapsing before the finalcompletion of the process ; but in this variety of injury the connecting mediumis of a fibro-ligamentous nature, as in similar lesions of the olecranon process, thepatella, and skull. But it is,not always that the surgeon is to look even for sucha union, imperfect as it is ; in many cases the ends of the broken bone altogetherrefuse to unite, being gradually rounded^off, and, perhaps, slightly incrusted withcartilage, or, as not infrequently happens, especially in very aged and decrepitsubjects, becoming, in time, completely absorbed, the lower fragment disappear-ing as far down as the two trochanters, and the upper as high up as the brim ofthe acetabulum. In rare cases, indeed, even the entire he
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