A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . in the lower end of the bone, but alsoat or near that point where the bone is less strong than elsewhere,namely, where the compact tissue ends and the more spongy tissuecommences. This view of its mechanism was illustrated experimentally by M. amputated the forearm upon a cadaver, and sawn off the olecranon pro-cess, he placed the palm of the hand upon a solid surface, the forearm beingvertical, and then struck a heavy blow upon the upper end of the two dissection he found the radius broken transversely, twelve to
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . in the lower end of the bone, but alsoat or near that point where the bone is less strong than elsewhere,namely, where the compact tissue ends and the more spongy tissuecommences. This view of its mechanism was illustrated experimentally by M. amputated the forearm upon a cadaver, and sawn off the olecranon pro-cess, he placed the palm of the hand upon a solid surface, the forearm beingvertical, and then struck a heavy blow upon the upper end of the two dissection he found the radius broken transversely, twelve to fifteen milli-metres from the lower end, the lower fragment being tilted backward. 1 Malgaigne, Traite des Frac , etc., torn. ii. p. 700. 2 Nelaton, Chir. Path., t. i. p. 740. FRACTURES OF THE RADIUS. 281 I have repeated this experiment, and with the same result. It is not easy,however, to produce the fracture in this way upon the cadaver, unless we selectthe bones of young persons or delicate women for the experiment; the force Fig. 148. Fig. 14f.
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