. The principles and practice of modern surgery. ns to children. The ra-dius and ulna, with thelower fragment, are drawnupwards and backwards asin dislocation:—but thenatural appearance of theparts is restored by exten-sion. (2.) Either condylemay be broken off; and the fracture may or may not extend into thejoint. (3.) There may be one fracture between the two condyles, andanother separating them both from, the shaft. All these injuries maybe distinguished from dislocation of the elbow by noticing that the mo-tions of the joint are free, and are attended with crepitus above the elbow;and that
. The principles and practice of modern surgery. ns to children. The ra-dius and ulna, with thelower fragment, are drawnupwards and backwards asin dislocation:—but thenatural appearance of theparts is restored by exten-sion. (2.) Either condylemay be broken off; and the fracture may or may not extend into thejoint. (3.) There may be one fracture between the two condyles, andanother separating them both from, the shaft. All these injuries maybe distinguished from dislocation of the elbow by noticing that the mo-tions of the joint are free, and are attended with crepitus above the elbow;and that the length of the forearm, measured between the condyles of thehumerus and the lower extremities of the radius and ulna, is the same ason the sound side. Treatment.— and upper arm should be bandaged, and a pieceof pasteboard, gummed sheeting, or leather softened in water, should becut to a right angle, like the letter L, so as to fit the elbow when bent, * For cases, vide Sir A. Cooper on Fractiu-es, and Fergussons Pract, FRACTURES OF THE FOREARM. 235 ^i^ and should be applied on the inner and outer sides, and be retained byanother bandage. Besides this, an angular splint may be employed. It Fig. 30.* Fig. 31. Fig. 32.
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