A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . S S FRACTURE. 291 These are questions, however, requiring for their decision a verycareful study of specimens, and in relation to which farther observa-tions may be necessary. Indeed, some recent observations made byMi. Callender, of Saint Bartholomews Hospital, London, go far tosustain the opinion of Diday, that some impaction generally exists,bnt rather upon the posterior margin than upon either the radial orulnar In the accompanying woodcut (Fig. 95) is seen an impacted andcomminuted fracture of the lower end of the radius. Dr. Jam


A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . S S FRACTURE. 291 These are questions, however, requiring for their decision a verycareful study of specimens, and in relation to which farther observa-tions may be necessary. Indeed, some recent observations made byMi. Callender, of Saint Bartholomews Hospital, London, go far tosustain the opinion of Diday, that some impaction generally exists,bnt rather upon the posterior margin than upon either the radial orulnar In the accompanying woodcut (Fig. 95) is seen an impacted andcomminuted fracture of the lower end of the radius. Dr. James TTent-worth, of Troy, N. Y., who sent me the specimen, says that the patient,a man, set. 50, in a fit of delirium jumped from a third-story window,alighting upon the stone pavement. He survived the accident lessthan one hour. The next illustration (Fig. 96) is from a specimen presented to me byDr. William Van Buren, and was found in an autopsy at the New YorkCity Hospital. In this specimen there is comminution, without im- FiG. 95. Fig. Fig.


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