A practical and systematic treatise on fractures and dislocations . ler plaster, is the only dressing apparatus is designed to support the arm for the purposeof relaxing the biceps, coraco-brachialis, and pectoralis minormuscles. Bandages, compresses, etc., are not required. FRACTURE OF TPIE NECK OF THE SCAPULA. Fig. 32. The accompanymg diagram shows pretty clearly what is meant byfracture of the neck of the scapula;it exhibits the line of fracturesomewhere near its occurrence,taking with the free and separatedpiece, the coracoid process and theglenoid cavity and rim, and leavingjo
A practical and systematic treatise on fractures and dislocations . ler plaster, is the only dressing apparatus is designed to support the arm for the purposeof relaxing the biceps, coraco-brachialis, and pectoralis minormuscles. Bandages, compresses, etc., are not required. FRACTURE OF TPIE NECK OF THE SCAPULA. Fig. 32. The accompanymg diagram shows pretty clearly what is meant byfracture of the neck of the scapula;it exhibits the line of fracturesomewhere near its occurrence,taking with the free and separatedpiece, the coracoid process and theglenoid cavity and rim, and leavingjoined to the blade or body of thescapula, the spine of the bone andits terminal acromion process. Ifthe dried bone be examined, it willbe readily seen where this isthmusor narrowed place is. The con-striction makes the scapula appearweak at that part of the bone, but facts do not sustain thisview in regard to fragility. There are very few, if any, speci-mens in the cabinets of Europe or America, showing thatthis fracture has occurred. Several surgeons competent to. Fracture of the neck of the scapula. ;Neck of the Scapula. 115 recognize the injury Imve met with the fracture in the livingsubject. Duverney had an opportunity to examine one casein a woman who was killed on the spot from other injuries;he siijs, On examining the left arm, I thought it was dislo-cated ; I made an incision through the integuments andmuscles, and opened the capsule ; the head of the humerusoccupied the cavity, but I then discovered the fracture of theneck of the scapula. While a student of medicine, a young man came to theoffice of my preceptor, for treatment. The patient had, a fewminutes before, fallen against a tree and pile of stones, whileplaying foot-ball. He supported the arm of the injured sidewith the hand of the sound side, as a person will who has afracture of the clavicle or dislocation of the shoulder. Afterremoving the clothing from the upper part of the bocl}^, Ithought I recognized a di
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