American practice of surgery : a complete system of the science and art of surgery . Fig. 165.—Radiograph Showing Hip Joint at Seven Years. 1, Lschiuin ; 2, head of femur; 3, centreof greater trochanter; 4, femur. (OriginaL). Fig. Ififi.—Hip .Toint at Eleven Years. 1, Ihuni; 2, liead of femur; 3, great trochanter. (Original.) 592 AMERICAN PRACTICE OF SURGERY. attached to its shaft. At this age the trochlea can usually be made out quitedistinctly. The railiographic aiijiearance of the shoulder joint during the developmentof the child does not usually vary, and i)resents no jtarticular difficult
American practice of surgery : a complete system of the science and art of surgery . Fig. 165.—Radiograph Showing Hip Joint at Seven Years. 1, Lschiuin ; 2, head of femur; 3, centreof greater trochanter; 4, femur. (OriginaL). Fig. Ififi.—Hip .Toint at Eleven Years. 1, Ihuni; 2, liead of femur; 3, great trochanter. (Original.) 592 AMERICAN PRACTICE OF SURGERY. attached to its shaft. At this age the trochlea can usually be made out quitedistinctly. The railiographic aiijiearance of the shoulder joint during the developmentof the child does not usually vary, and i)resents no jtarticular difficulties ofinterpretation. In Fig. 164, which was made from an eleven-year-old boy, theepiphyseal line separating the head of the humerus from the shaft is distinctlyseen. This ordinarily persists until about the nineteenth or twentieth vear. In Fio-. 1G5, which represents the hip joint of a child of seven, we find the headof the femur quite distinct. In the interpretation of radiographs of congenitaldislocation of the liip it is important to renieml)er that tlie first bony appearanceof the head of the fenun- ordinarily occurs at the entl of the first year of life. Inthe same figure we see the separate centre for the gre
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