The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 316
ous surfaces of the two fragments occupied by strong fibrous bands of one-third of an inch in length. The head, when pressed downward, just rested upon the trochanter minor, causing a shortening of one inch and an eighth. The strength of this fibrous production was amply suflicient to sus- tain the… … Case V. — Fig. 10 exhibits a posterior view of an intra-capsular fracture of the neck of the os femoris. The specimen is without history. It is interest- ing on account of the ligamentous connection of the fragments, which, from appearances at the time it was obtained, must have been sufficient for…
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