Observations on the nature and treatment of fractures of the upper third of the thigh-bone, and of fractures of long standing.

  • Amesbury, Joseph, 1795-1864.
Date:
1829
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Credit: Observations on the nature and treatment of fractures of the upper third of the thigh-bone, and of fractures of long standing. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    perimeir''' ^^^^ experiment, we should conclude, that fractures of the cervix femoris might occur in the hving, without any considerable laceration of the close coverings of this part of the bone, because we can readily produce them in bones recently dead. fhTs'^escrip- Facts, also, derived from actual inspection of met Witt. P^^s ^^^^ ^e^th, might be adduced, to show that such fractures do actually occur, I have had an opportunity of witnessing this myself, in one instance, where the patient died from or- ganic disease, a short time after the accident which occasioned the fracture. iMs^most sub- ^^^^ fractures of which I am now speaking, in ject to fractures common with those accompanied with laeera- witnin the cap- tion of the close coverings, occur principally in people above the age of 50 years. Predisposing Old people are particularly predisposed to fractures of the neck of the femur, especially within the capsule, in consequence of the change which it frequently undergoes, after the middle period of life. The internal part of the head and neck of the bone sometimes becomes of a loose cancellated structure, covered by a thin shell of bone; often so soft that it might be cut with a common knife. causes