The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 85
Caswell, Malposition of the Patellae. 83 1865.] of the femur, and especially the internal, seemed much enlarged, and for a moment I thought the patellae were wanting, but upon a closer examination I found that they were placed … being necessary to carry it one- third of the distance towards the middle line. The tendon of the quadri- ceps on each side preserved its normal relation to the patella, and had consequently an outward direction ; the ligamentum patellae was well pro- nounced upon the right leg, but on the left it…
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