. A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints. o my house a gentleman of the name of Whaley, aged twenty-five years, whose pony having run away with him, when he was twelveyears of age, he had struck his elbow against a tree whilst his arm wasbent and advanced before his head. The olecranon was broken, andthe radius dislocated upwards and outwards, above the external con-dyle ; and when the arm is bent, the head of the radius passes the oshumeri. He has an useful motion of the arm, but neither the flexionnor the extension is complete. 401 CHAPTER FRACTURES OF THE ELBOW-JOINT.
. A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints. o my house a gentleman of the name of Whaley, aged twenty-five years, whose pony having run away with him, when he was twelveyears of age, he had struck his elbow against a tree whilst his arm wasbent and advanced before his head. The olecranon was broken, andthe radius dislocated upwards and outwards, above the external con-dyle ; and when the arm is bent, the head of the radius passes the oshumeri. He has an useful motion of the arm, but neither the flexionnor the extension is complete. 401 CHAPTER FRACTURES OF THE ELBOW-JOINT. SECTION I.—FRACTURES OF THE OS HUMERI ABOVE THE CONDYLES. The condyles of the os humeri are sometimes obliquely broken offjust about the joint, and the appearance produced is so similar to thatof the dislocation of the radius and ulna backwards, that this frac-ture is very liable to be mistaken for that dislocation. The followingcase, which was drawn up by Mr. D. B. Major, one of the dressersat Guys Hospital, will best exemplify its diagnostic Case CCLXXXII.—William Law, aged nine years, was admittedinto Guys Hospital on the 3rd of July, 1822, with a fracture of thecondyles of the os humeri above the elbow-joint, which he had sus-tained in being thrown from a cart, having fallen upon his the time of his admission the arm was slightly bent, and the radiusand ulna appeared to project considerably backwards; just above theprojection there was a hollow in the back of the arm, so that the ap-pearances much resembled those of dislocation. I extended the fore-arm, and the appearances of the dislocation ceased; but when the ex-tension was discontinued, those appearances returned. At this timeMr. Key arrived, who explained the accident to be a fracture abovethe condyles. The arm was put in splints, which were continued tobe worn until the 13th of July when they were occasionally removed,and passive motion was employed. The appearances of this accident, as will be s
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