A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . place. Causes.—It is produced generally by a fall upon the extremity of theshoulder. Twice the blow has been received rather upon the back thanupon the extremity, and once it was occasioned by the fall of a board 1 Guys Hospital Reports, xliv. 1887. ACROMIO-CLAVICULAR DISLOCATIONS. 553 directly upon the top of the shoulder, and once by a bolt thrust directlyup from under the clavicle. Symptoms.—When the dislocation is complete, the clavicle not only islifted from its articular facet to the extent of the breadth of the bone, butit is pushed m
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . place. Causes.—It is produced generally by a fall upon the extremity of theshoulder. Twice the blow has been received rather upon the back thanupon the extremity, and once it was occasioned by the fall of a board 1 Guys Hospital Reports, xliv. 1887. ACROMIO-CLAVICULAR DISLOCATIONS. 553 directly upon the top of the shoulder, and once by a bolt thrust directlyup from under the clavicle. Symptoms.—When the dislocation is complete, the clavicle not only islifted from its articular facet to the extent of the breadth of the bone, butit is pushed more or less outward over the top of the acromion process;generally less than half an inch, but I have once seen it riding the processto the extent of three-quarters of an inch. In this last example, the caseof J. M., a strong, healthy, laboring man, the clavicle was easily reduced,and it always went into place with a sensible click ; but although everypossible care was taken to retain it in place by bandages, compresses, an Fig. 350. Fig.
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