The treatment of fractures . Fig. 147.—Normal right shoulder. Comparewith figure 148. Same case as figure 146. Fig. 148.—Fracture of the anatomical neckof the left humerus. Sharp deformity ante-riorly characteristic. Compare with figures146 and 147. deformity. The head of the bone is in the glenoid fossa, butrotated by the muscles attached to it so that its articular surfacelooks downward. It does not rotate with the shaft. The crepi-tus is of a softer quality than in cases of fracture—i. c, carti-laginous. Localized pain and swelling are present. A puckeringof the skin, caused by the hooking


The treatment of fractures . Fig. 147.—Normal right shoulder. Comparewith figure 148. Same case as figure 146. Fig. 148.—Fracture of the anatomical neckof the left humerus. Sharp deformity ante-riorly characteristic. Compare with figures146 and 147. deformity. The head of the bone is in the glenoid fossa, butrotated by the muscles attached to it so that its articular surfacelooks downward. It does not rotate with the shaft. The crepi-tus is of a softer quality than in cases of fracture—i. c, carti-laginous. Localized pain and swelling are present. A puckeringof the skin, caused by the hooking of the lower fragment intothe skin, is characteristic (see Fig. 153). Palpation reveals theupper end of the shaft. A high lesion near the joint in a young9. I—Shaft of 1 nimei us. Fig. 149.— Fracture of high surgical or anatomical neck of humerus. Recovery with usefularm. Slight limitation of movements only (X-ray tracing). Shaft of humerus.


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