On some common injuries to limbs : their treatment and after-treatment including bone-setting (so-called) / by Edward Cotterell.

  • Cotterell, Edward, 1857-1898.
Date:
1885
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Credit: On some common injuries to limbs : their treatment and after-treatment including bone-setting (so-called) / by Edward Cotterell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    CHAP. IV.] FRACTURE OF OLECRANON. George Moore threw his arm out with strength straight before him, and said 'I could fight,' whereas a moment before he could not raise it two inches. It had been out for nearly two years. Mr. Moore was no more troubled with his shoulder. Fracture of the tip of the Olecranon, and SEPARATION OF THE INTERNAL EpICONDYLE OF THE Humerus. I believe that these injuries are, owing to swelling of the part, occasionally overlooked, cer- tainly they are rather rare, and perhaps on that account have not received much notice. Fracture of the tip of the olecranon may occur in two places, i. The extreme tip may be broken off. 2. Fracture may occur midway between the base of the process and the tip, corresponding to the insertion of the triceps muscle. Cases of fracture involving only the extreme tip of the olecranon are due to direct violence, and are produced by a fall on the elbow when this joint is in a state of extreme flexion.
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