A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ons of the foot for-ward, of others. More rare than the dislocations forward, Malgaigne has, nevertheless,succeeded in collecting five examples. They appear to have been pro-duced, generally, by a cause the reverse of that which we have seen toproduce in certain cases the preceding dislocation. Thus, while the dis-location forward is produced sometimes when the foot is in violent exten- 1 Dupuytren, op. cit., p. 276. 2 Malgaigne, op. cit., p. 1044. 3 Malgaigne, op. cit., p. 1044. * Harrison, The Lancet, 1876, vol. i. p. 707. 780 DISLOCATIONS
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ons of the foot for-ward, of others. More rare than the dislocations forward, Malgaigne has, nevertheless,succeeded in collecting five examples. They appear to have been pro-duced, generally, by a cause the reverse of that which we have seen toproduce in certain cases the preceding dislocation. Thus, while the dis-location forward is produced sometimes when the foot is in violent exten- 1 Dupuytren, op. cit., p. 276. 2 Malgaigne, op. cit., p. 1044. 3 Malgaigne, op. cit., p. 1044. * Harrison, The Lancet, 1876, vol. i. p. 707. 780 DISLOCATIONS OF THE LOWER END OF THE TIBIA. sion, this dislocation has occurred, in at least two or three cases, whenthe foot was forcibly flexed upon the leg. The symptoms are strongly marked and characteristic. The length ofthe foot from the tibia to the ends of the toes is increased one inch ormore, the head being correspondingly shortened, or rather wholly obliter-ated; a portion of the articulating surface of the astragalus may be dis- Fig. 496. Fig.
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