A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Extracapsular fracture. (Erichsen.) Extracapsular fracture. (R. Smith.) Probably in all, certainly in nearly all cases, the limb will be found,after the union is consummated, more or less shortened, generally be-tween half an inch and an inch. If exceptions ever occur it must bein those examples in which there is no impaction, and it is certain thatsuch examples are very rare. Such is the united testimony of all sur-geons whose opinions have ever been respected as authority; and thesame is true of intracapsular fractures. What ignorance of t
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Extracapsular fracture. (Erichsen.) Extracapsular fracture. (R. Smith.) Probably in all, certainly in nearly all cases, the limb will be found,after the union is consummated, more or less shortened, generally be-tween half an inch and an inch. If exceptions ever occur it must bein those examples in which there is no impaction, and it is certain thatsuch examples are very rare. Such is the united testimony of all sur-geons whose opinions have ever been respected as authority; and thesame is true of intracapsular fractures. What ignorance of the ele-mentary facts of surgical science do these men exhibit then, who affirmthat they are able to treat all fractures of the femur without shortening. Eversion of the foot is not so constant as shortening, but it will befound to exist in some degree in a large majority of cases, even whenthe case has been managed in the most skilful manner; yet in this re-gard something will depend upon the position in which the limb ismaintained during the treat
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