. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. R. W. Smiths case of double congenital sub>coracoid dislocation of tlie shoulder. Scapula ofleft side. The same ; left humerus, ligament.^ The glenoid liga-ment, perfect in every respect,extended all around it. Thecapsule was perfect. The head of the humerus () was of an oval shape, itslong axis corresponding with theshaft of the bone. The ovalshape was principally due to thedeficiency of its posterior part,and there existed between the greater tubercle and the margin of thehead of the bone, where the investing cartilage terminate
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. R. W. Smiths case of double congenital sub>coracoid dislocation of tlie shoulder. Scapula ofleft side. The same ; left humerus, ligament.^ The glenoid liga-ment, perfect in every respect,extended all around it. Thecapsule was perfect. The head of the humerus () was of an oval shape, itslong axis corresponding with theshaft of the bone. The ovalshape was principally due to thedeficiency of its posterior part,and there existed between the greater tubercle and the margin of thehead of the bone, where the investing cartilage terminated, a broad,shallow depression corresponding to the edge which separated the nor-mal from the abnormal portion of the glenoid cavity. The shaft of thehumerus was small and seemingly atrophied.^ Upon the right side, although the condition of the bone was somewhatdifferent, the characteristic features of the deformity were similar. In his double subacromial case, a lunatic woman forty-two yearsold, ^ there was no case of a glenoid cavity in the natural
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