. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . s,forty-eight traversed the bone completely and were near the lowerend, or within from half an inch to one inch and a half from the artic-ular surface; all being included in those fractures called Colles frac-tures, most of which were no doubt true fractures, and probably asmall proportion separations of the epiphysis. Colles described this fracture as occurring always about one inchand a half above the carpal end of the bone; but Robert Smith, whohas carefully examined all of the cabinet specimens he could twenty-three in numbe
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . s,forty-eight traversed the bone completely and were near the lowerend, or within from half an inch to one inch and a half from the artic-ular surface; all being included in those fractures called Colles frac-tures, most of which were no doubt true fractures, and probably asmall proportion separations of the epiphysis. Colles described this fracture as occurring always about one inchand a half above the carpal end of the bone; but Robert Smith, whohas carefully examined all of the cabinet specimens he could twenty-three in number, has never seen the line of fracture COLLES FRACTURE. 273 removed farther than one inch from the lower end of the bone, andin several specimens it was within one-quarter of an inch of this ex-tremity. Dupuytren has also described the fracture as occurring fromthree to twelve lines above the joint. I think I have found the frac-ture generally as low as these latter surgeons have placed it, butoccasionally as high as it was placed by Colles. Fig. Fracture of radius near its lower end. Case. A woman, set. 40, fell upon the side-walk, striking upon thepalm of her left hand. She was brought immediately to my office,and I found the radius was broken about one inch and a half abovethe wrist. The lower fragment was tilted back considerably. Handproned. Placing my thumb against the back of the lower fragment, it waseasily restored to position, and with only a slight crepitus. Whenmy thumb was removed it manifested no tendency to arm was dressed with a curved palmar splint, secured in placewith a roller applied moderately tight. On the seventh day a straightsplint was substituted for the curved. The arm was examined almostevery day, and the dressings occasionally renewed until the twenty-sixth day, when the splint was finally removed. The wrist was atthis time only slightly anchylosed, and there seemed to be no deformityor imperfection remaining. Passive motion, w
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