. A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints. * In this figure the ulna had heen fractured likewise, and a portion of the callusprojected into the space between the extremities of the radius. t Fracture of the radius and ulna ; ligamentous union of the latter. X The particulars of the case were as follows:—The boy was admitted into theBristol Infirmary for disease of the tibia; and the diseased portion not exceedingmore than from two to three inches in length, that part of the bone was removedby the saw. In a month the limb had acquired so much firmness, that the boywas permitted t
. A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints. * In this figure the ulna had heen fractured likewise, and a portion of the callusprojected into the space between the extremities of the radius. t Fracture of the radius and ulna ; ligamentous union of the latter. X The particulars of the case were as follows:—The boy was admitted into theBristol Infirmary for disease of the tibia; and the diseased portion not exceedingmore than from two to three inches in length, that part of the bone was removedby the saw. In a month the limb had acquired so much firmness, that the boywas permitted to walk about the ward, which he was able to perform tolerablywell, and in six weeks no doubt was entertained that ossification had taken place inthe uniting substance ; at this time he sickened with the small-pox and died.—Uponexamination, the edges of the extremities of the tibia were found absorbed androunded, and on the inferior portion a bony callus had formed, about fhree-quarters-of an inch in extent; no ossific matter was discoverable in the
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