A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . 50 REPAIR OF BROKEN BONES. be affirmed that in the examples just named this callus is not formed because itis not required ? To us it seems that nowhere could it prove more useful, since,with the single exception of the cranium, it is in these very cases that theobstacles to a reunion are the most serious. In fractures of the patella, ole-cranon, etc., the action of the muscles tends constantly and powerfully to dis-place the fragments, and gladly would the surgeon avail himself of the assistanceof a temporary callus, but it is rarely presen
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . 50 REPAIR OF BROKEN BONES. be affirmed that in the examples just named this callus is not formed because itis not required ? To us it seems that nowhere could it prove more useful, since,with the single exception of the cranium, it is in these very cases that theobstacles to a reunion are the most serious. In fractures of the patella, ole-cranon, etc., the action of the muscles tends constantly and powerfully to dis-place the fragments, and gladly would the surgeon avail himself of the assistanceof a temporary callus, but it is rarely present, at least in any useful degree. Soalso in fractures of the neck of the femur within the capsule, and in othersimilar cases, we cannot say that temporary callus would not be advantageous t-feeilitating the retention of the fragments, yet the intelligent efficient agent <T^(i^$ecjt^ta famish &• The onfjOs^sfactory reason which, as we think, can be assigned for thei_- these cases, is found in the doctrines we now advocate; thatabsent becaus
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