A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ccident theknee continued somewhat stiff, and there was anunnatural lateral motion in the joint, from the in-jury which the ligaments had sustained. The pa-tient referred to by Bransby Cooper had met withthe accident by a fall upon the foot, with his legbent under him ; and a fellow-workman had re-duced the bone by extension and pressure. thinks that not only the internal lateralligament was torn, but also some fibres of the vas-tus externus and the crucial ligaments. Violentinflammation ensued, which did not permit him toleave the
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ccident theknee continued somewhat stiff, and there was anunnatural lateral motion in the joint, from the in-jury which the ligaments had sustained. The pa-tient referred to by Bransby Cooper had met withthe accident by a fall upon the foot, with his legbent under him ; and a fellow-workman had re-duced the bone by extension and pressure. thinks that not only the internal lateralligament was torn, but also some fibres of the vas-tus externus and the crucial ligaments. Violentinflammation ensued, which did not permit him toleave the hospital until after about two has seen two examples of unreducedsubluxation inwards, in both of which the patientshad regained useful Malgaigne mentions that Boyer, Costallat, andKey had each seen one similar example; and he also enumerates twoadditional cases of complete luxation attended with a protrusion ofthe bone through an external wound; in both of which the reductionwas easily effected and the patients Subluxation of the headof the tibia inwards. § 5. Dislocations of the Head of the Tibia Backwards and Outwards. In June, 1853, Henry J., of Dansville, N. Y., set. 24, was thrown byan enraged bull, and his left leg being caught under the knee by thehorns, was twisted violently. Dr. Prior, of Dansville, and Batton, ofBurns, were called, and found the left knee completely dislocated;the tibia being displaced backwards beyond the condyles of the femur,and also a little outwards. The foot and leg were inclined the assistance of four men, extension and counter-extension weremade in the line of the axis of the limb, and the reduction was easilyaccomplished. Pasteboard splints, bandages, &c, were applied tomaintain the bones in place; but the swelling came on rapidly, andin the evening these dressings were removed. The limb was now laidover a double-inclined plane carefully padded, in order to press the 1 B. Coopers ed. of Si
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