. The new medical world. A book for reference and consultation, containing a thorough description of disease, with the latest and best methods for its treatment . he ends of the severed bone. When the bone is brokeninto several separate pieces or small fragments the injury is knownas a comminuted fracture. Other distinctions are also recognized bysurgeons. A fracture is complete when the bone is broken clearacross or severed in twain; it is incomplete when cracked or partiallybroken. Incomplete fractures are common in children, because thebones are more elastic, and, like a green stick, they b
. The new medical world. A book for reference and consultation, containing a thorough description of disease, with the latest and best methods for its treatment . he ends of the severed bone. When the bone is brokeninto several separate pieces or small fragments the injury is knownas a comminuted fracture. Other distinctions are also recognized bysurgeons. A fracture is complete when the bone is broken clearacross or severed in twain; it is incomplete when cracked or partiallybroken. Incomplete fractures are common in children, because thebones are more elastic, and, like a green stick, they bend ratherthan break. The term green stick fracture is sometimes applied tothe incomplete fractures of children. A fracture is transverse when the 172 THE NEW MEDICAL WORLD. bone is broken at right angles or straight across. When the fracture is slanting it is known as an oblique frac-ture. Fractures occur at all ages. In in-fancy the bones are flexible, and usuallybend rather than break. The bones ofadults are more brittle, and a completefracture is more likely to result. Thebones of old people are often quite brit-tle, and break from slight falls and in-. juries. Sometimes muscular action is suf-ficient to produce a fracture. In cer-tain diseased conditions, as rickets, insome forms of atrophy, and when thebones are very much weakened by tu-mors or syphilis, fractures result fromslight causes. A fracture may be com-A transverse fracture of the plicated by injury of the joint, and then humerus, or arm bone. This always awakens unusual concern on ac-also shows the tendency to dis- » _,, ,. ,*, ^-m placement due to the action of count of the liability to a stiff or ail- the muscles. chylosed joint. SYMPTOMS OF FRACTURE. The symptoms of most fractures are characteristic and easily rec-ognized as excessive mobility, deformity and crepitus. The charac-ter of the fracture determines the symptoms which will be mani-fested. If the fracture is transverse there may be no deformity a
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