A manual of modern surgery : an exposition of the accepted doctrines and approved operative procedures of the present time, for the use of students and practitioners . distortion of thejoint, increased width ofthe lower end of the hu-merus and crepitationwhen the fractured sur-faces are brought intocontact render the diag-nosis evident. Diagnosis of Frac-tures at the Lower Endof the Humerus.—Sn pra-condy loid fracturewith the ordinary back-ward displacement of thelower fragment shows un-usual projection of the olecranon and triceps tendon, increased by straightening the elbow ; correc
A manual of modern surgery : an exposition of the accepted doctrines and approved operative procedures of the present time, for the use of students and practitioners . distortion of thejoint, increased width ofthe lower end of the hu-merus and crepitationwhen the fractured sur-faces are brought intocontact render the diag-nosis evident. Diagnosis of Frac-tures at the Lower Endof the Humerus.—Sn pra-condy loid fracturewith the ordinary back-ward displacement of thelower fragment shows un-usual projection of the olecranon and triceps tendon, increased by straightening the elbow ; correction of de-formity when traction is made upon theforearm, with recurrence of the same whenthe traction ceases and the elbow is bent;motion and crepitus above the joint; freemobility at the joint which may, however, belimited by swelling or spasm ; and a normalrelation of the olecranon and backward dislocation of the bones of theforearm the usual projection of the olecranonand triceps tendon is diminished by straight-ening the elbow and the point of the ole-cranon rises above the level of the epicon-dvles ; when the deformity is reduced there is. Gunstock deformity after fracture of lower end of humerustreated with angular splint. Fig. 202.
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