. The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery as an aid in diagnosis and as a therapeutic agent : designed for the use of practitioners and students . FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS 521. Fig. 294. Fracture of epiphysis. A indicates the point opposite which the light was placed and that it was the right leg. 522 THE ROENTGEN RAYS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY Absence of Fracture indicated by X-Rays; Fracture by OrdinaryMethods. — The cut (Fig. 285) shows that there was a fracture of thetibia, but probably none of the fibula, as had been supposed before theradiograph was made. Cuts 285 and 286 illustrate th
. The Roentgen rays in medicine and surgery as an aid in diagnosis and as a therapeutic agent : designed for the use of practitioners and students . FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS 521. Fig. 294. Fracture of epiphysis. A indicates the point opposite which the light was placed and that it was the right leg. 522 THE ROENTGEN RAYS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY Absence of Fracture indicated by X-Rays; Fracture by OrdinaryMethods. — The cut (Fig. 285) shows that there was a fracture of thetibia, but probably none of the fibula, as had been supposed before theradiograph was made. Cuts 285 and 286 illustrate the method of takingwell and injured leg on same plate, for comparison : — Bowed Leg mistaken for Fracture. — Noble Smith ^ cites a case ofa child two and a half years old who was thought to have bowed noticed, however, that only one leg was affected, and that the innermalleolus was higher than natural, and that the child felt pain if thelimb were touched. He therefore took a radiograph, which showed afracture of the tibia 4 centimetres above the ankle-joint. The bonewas cut down upon and straightened, and the child made a goodrecovery. Advantage of comparing In
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