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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    the periosteum and reflected membrane, which take the same direction, viz. from the trochan- ters towards the head, as in Fig. b., which represents a section of an injected femur, with part of its capsular and round hgament at- tached. The arteries which pass into the hgamentum teres, and which are destined principally for its support, may convey a very small quantity of blood to the head of the bone ; but they are ;