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Title: Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Helferich, Heinrich, 1851- Bloodgood, Joseph Colt, 1867-1935, ed
Subjects: Fractures Dislocations Fractures, Bone Dislocations
Publisher: Philadelphia London : W.B. Saunders & Company
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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Fig. 64.—Showing the same girl represented in figure 63, fromabove. We see the enlargement of the pectoral portion of the leftshoulder region, due to the dislocation of the diaphysis. good axillary pad (Fig. 56), may be required to keep theparts in good position. In the new-born, epiphyseal separations sometimes re-sult from injuries sustained during delivery. The epiphy- Tal).:i^.
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!/■■- l.ilh. A/i.s/ /■: HcuiiliaUl. Miiiichcu. FRACTURES OF THE UPPER EXTRE3IITV. 165 sis (the head phis the tuberosities) occasionally showsmarked outward rotation; the shaft is rotated inward, sothat after union takes place the function is greatly inter-fered with. (e) Isolated Fracture of theGreater or Lesser Tuberosity.—Fracture, or splitting off, of the greatertuberosity is sometimes met with in con-nection with dislocation of the humerus.It may also be produced by rotation inviolent efforts at reduction. Isolatedfracture of the lesser tuberosity is muchmore rare. The symptoms are: painon pressure, functional disturbance. and separation at the seat of fracture.The treatment consists in relaxing themuscles that have their origin at thelesser tuberosity by appropriate move-ments, in prolonged rest, etc.

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