The practice of surgery . [The ordinary position of Fracturesof the Body and Acromion process of theScapula. (From Fergusson.)—Ed.] Fracture of the Coracoid Process. [Fig. 139.] This injury is also the result of direct violence. The fractured portion is displaced downwards, bythe action of the coraco-brachialis,pectoralis minor, and biceps are pain and swelling of thepart, with loss of power in the limb;and crepitation is felt on rotatingthe limb, after the forearm has beenflexed, and the arm carried across thechest, in order to relax the musclesconnected with the process, and so
The practice of surgery . [The ordinary position of Fracturesof the Body and Acromion process of theScapula. (From Fergusson.)—Ed.] Fracture of the Coracoid Process. [Fig. 139.] This injury is also the result of direct violence. The fractured portion is displaced downwards, bythe action of the coraco-brachialis,pectoralis minor, and biceps are pain and swelling of thepart, with loss of power in the limb;and crepitation is felt on rotatingthe limb, after the forearm has beenflexed, and the arm carried across thechest, in order to relax the musclesconnected with the process, and so topermit replacement of the treatment, it is sufficient to makethis relaxation permanent. The fin-gers of the injured limb are made totouch the shoulder of the opposite [Fracture of the Coracoid Process of the Sea- SUIC, and that position is SCCUred bypula. (From Fergusson.)—Ed.] FRACTURE OF THE NECK OF THE SCAPULA. 313 Fracture of the Neck of the Scapula. This accident, separation of the glenoid cavity and coracoid processfrom the body of the bone, is the result of great and direct violence,and, like the preceding, is of rare occurrence. Sometimes there ismere separation of the above-named parts; more frequently, the glenoidcavity is fissured and broken up. The detached portion of the scapula [Fig. 140.] [Fig. 141.]
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