The practice of surgery . Fig. 599.—Illustrates the restorationof the normal angle by forcible abduction(Whitman). ^ See;.H. Augustus Wilson, Treatment of Ununited Fractures of the Neck of theFemur by the Use of Coin-silver Nails, Amer. Jour. Orthop. Surg., January, 1908. 900 MINOR SURGEKY—DISEASES OF STRLCTURE recently by a number of writers, especially by Whitman. This fracture,which is properly an epiphyseal separation, is especially importanton account of its apparent insignificance, and because frequently itgoes unrecognized. It results commonly from a fall on the foot, andcauses a slight
The practice of surgery . Fig. 599.—Illustrates the restorationof the normal angle by forcible abduction(Whitman). ^ See;.H. Augustus Wilson, Treatment of Ununited Fractures of the Neck of theFemur by the Use of Coin-silver Nails, Amer. Jour. Orthop. Surg., January, 1908. 900 MINOR SURGEKY—DISEASES OF STRLCTURE recently by a number of writers, especially by Whitman. This fracture,which is properly an epiphyseal separation, is especially importanton account of its apparent insignificance, and because frequently itgoes unrecognized. It results commonly from a fall on the foot, andcauses a slight shortening of the leg, with a little outward rotation and. Fig. 600.—Fracture of the thigh. Adhesive-plaster extension strips: long, upright,circular, and obliquely applied strips i^Scudder). a tendency to limp. The child recovers with some lameness, but yearsafterward may develop a coxa vara. In dealing with a child the surgeon must discinguish (by the J-ra}-)a true hip fracture from hip disease; and treat the fracture b} fixationand abduction in a plaster splint.
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