A note on the radio-carpal articulation / by Francis J. Shepherd.

  • Francis Shepherd
Date:
[1891?]
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Credit: A note on the radio-carpal articulation / by Francis J. Shepherd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    on the p}Tamidal bone. It is not uncommon to see the articular surface of the lower radio-ulnar articulation and the surface of the carpus opposite the disappearing meniscus disorganised, whilst the rest of the wrist-joint remains perfectly healthy. Perforation of the meniscus is, in my experience, rarely normal; in nearly every instance I have found it due to some patho- logical condition, caused either by injury to or disease of the lower radio-carpal articulation. [A number of preparations, both moist and dry, illustrating this paper, were exhibited to the members of the Association.]