The practice of surgery . ght stiffness and weakness ofthe joint. I am unable to corroborate Scudders optimistic statementthat at the end of three months the knee should be functionallyperfect. Fractures of the Leg The bones of the leg are in some measure analogous in their relationsto the bones of the forearm, but the analogy is by no means tibia is the large and important bone of the leg; the fibula is rela-tively far less important than is either of the bones of the tibia alone enters into the anatomy of the knee-joint, but bothtibia and fibula are concerned with the
The practice of surgery . ght stiffness and weakness ofthe joint. I am unable to corroborate Scudders optimistic statementthat at the end of three months the knee should be functionallyperfect. Fractures of the Leg The bones of the leg are in some measure analogous in their relationsto the bones of the forearm, but the analogy is by no means tibia is the large and important bone of the leg; the fibula is rela-tively far less important than is either of the bones of the tibia alone enters into the anatomy of the knee-joint, but bothtibia and fibula are concerned with the ankle-joint. The bones of the leg-admit of no rotation, as do the bones of the forearm; indeed, one mayregard the two bones of the leg as mortised together in a fashion, andas forming one broad and solid support for the body. One recalls the 908 MINOR SURGERY—DISEASES OF STRUCTURE fact also that the front edjio of the tibia is subcutaneous practicallythroughout its extent; -while the fil)ula is deeply buried in muscles. Fig. 610.—Rupture at tubercle of tibia. Operation—step 1 (authors case). except its head, and the external malleolus, which is subcutaneousfor a space of some three or four inches above the ankle.
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