A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints / By Sir Astley Cooper.

  • Astley Cooper
Date:
1832
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    of the joint, from which it receives vessels, and becomes of a ligamentous substance. When the cervix of the os femoris is fractured, it becomes united to the capsular ligament by bands. The reason for this kind of union taking place is exactly as in a trepanned skull; for the action of the muscles inserted into the upper part of the bone draws it upwards, and those inserted into the lower part draw it downwards, and the space becomes too great for the vessels of the bone to shoot into the coagulated blood and form it into bone. This I think will hold good, though it is different from the opinion of many men. Saffron Walden; Nov. 14th, 1824. CHARLES FISKE. From Mr. Lukyn, of Feversham. Dear Sir :—I am sorry to say that my notes on surgical lectures, delivered in 1'793, are very short; in the one on simple fractures, you said— There are some fractures that happen in joints that never unite, as in the neck of the thigh-bone; the blood is extravasated into the joint, and only ligamentous matter deposited—the vessels shooting into the coagulum coming from the ligament. Another reason is, the parts cannot be kept in apposition. I remain, dear Sir, _ Your obedient Servant, Feversham; Nov. 12th, 1824. RospertT Lukyn. From Dr. Pidcock, of Watford. Dear Sir:—In a copy I made of the lecture on simple fractures, there is this brief remark on the subject of your inquiry :— In fractures of the cervix femoris, the ends of the bone are never opposite to each other; the callus is thrown into the acetabulum, and union never takes place. I remain, very faithfully yours, Watford; Nov. 14th, 1824. JouHn Prpcock. Pupil in 1794-5. From Mr, Pulley, of Bedford. Dear Sir:—I send you with much pleasure your observations on fractures of the neck of the thigh-bone. You will find my language incorrect in some parts, owing to the hurry of transcribing, arising from the multiplicity of matters then to be attended to; but I can vouch for the accuracy of the B2 ®
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