A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ence of thestate of her lungs, and that such confine-ment would only hasten her death. Con-trary, however, to all expectations, shegradually convalesced, so that after twoor three years she could walk on crutches,her toes turning out and her limb becoming somewhat years after the accident she died, and Dr. Bissel obtained fromDr. Wakelee the specimen, of which the accompanying drawing is afaithful delineation. Within the last few years, Dr. Geo. K. Smith, of the Long IslandCollege Hospital, has made a most valuable contributio
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ence of thestate of her lungs, and that such confine-ment would only hasten her death. Con-trary, however, to all expectations, shegradually convalesced, so that after twoor three years she could walk on crutches,her toes turning out and her limb becoming somewhat years after the accident she died, and Dr. Bissel obtained fromDr. Wakelee the specimen, of which the accompanying drawing is afaithful delineation. Within the last few years, Dr. Geo. K. Smith, of the Long IslandCollege Hospital, has made a most valuable contribution to our know-ledge of the anatomy and pathology of the hip-joint, which willexplain in a great measure the discrepancies of opinion which atpresent exist among surgeons as to the character of certain specimens,and may hereafter enable us to decide with more accuracy, and maylead to a better agreement of opinion. His observations prove that anatomists have not hitherto correctlydescribed the attachment of the capsule; that the capsule is seldom, if. Vertical section of Mrs. Wakeleesfemur, acetabulum, and capsule. 366 FRACTUKES OF THE FEMUR. ever, attached at the same point in different persons, while it is asuniformly found attached at the same point in the opposite femurs ofthe same person. In order, therefore, to determine whether the lineof fracture in any given specimen was without or within the capsule,we must always compare the fractured bone with its congener, and notwith the femur of another person. He has further shown that after a fracture, and the consequentabsorption of the neck, the normal position of the capsule is almostconstantly changed; so that its present attachment does not declarewhat were the points of its attachment before the fracture occurred,and finally that the absorption proceeds unequally and irregularly,yet with great rapidity, in the two fragments; and as the bony union,if it ever takes place, probably occurs subsequent to the arrest of theabsorpt
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