A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Voluntary subluxation upon the dorsum ilii. (From Bigelow.) the left leg, and then contracting certain muscles about the hip. Thereduction is generally more difficult than the dislocation, sometimesrequiring the aid of his hand. When the head of the bone is out,there is a marked projection above and behind the trochanter major,apparently caused by the pressure of the head in this situation; thelimb is very slightly if at all everted; while out of place it causespain; and after a few repetitions the pain becomes so great as to com-pel him to
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Voluntary subluxation upon the dorsum ilii. (From Bigelow.) the left leg, and then contracting certain muscles about the hip. Thereduction is generally more difficult than the dislocation, sometimesrequiring the aid of his hand. When the head of the bone is out,there is a marked projection above and behind the trochanter major,apparently caused by the pressure of the head in this situation; thelimb is very slightly if at all everted; while out of place it causespain; and after a few repetitions the pain becomes so great as to com-pel him to desist. The limb was not measured while it was dislo-cated. When the limb is in position he does not walk lame. The following is the only case which has come under my personalobservation: Dr. Wm. Gr. S., set. 24, received an injury on the out-side of the right knee, in Feb. 1862, from the kick of a horse. Therewas no apparent injury of the hip. On the fourteenth day after theaccident he rode forty miles on horseback, which was followed by somestiff
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