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Billiard, Medical and Surgical Reports of the Boston City Hospital, 1897; also Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 1897, exxxvi, 404. Dana, Text-book of Nervous Diseases. Courtney, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, April 6, 1899, page 345. Hill and Bayliss, Journal of Physiology, London, 1895, xvui, page 324. Walton, American Journal of Medical Sciences, September, 1898. Putnam, Walton, Scudder, Lund, American Journal of Medical Sciences, April, 1895. • Phelps, Traumatic Injuries of the Brain. Walton, Annals of Surgery, November, 1904. Matas, New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, September, 1896. Lothrop, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, January 4, 1906. Matas, Annals of Surgery, January, 1Q05. Rawling, Lancet, London, 1904, vol. 1. Connell, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, March, 1906. English, The London Lancet, vol. 1, 1904. Crandon and Wilson, Annals of Surgery, December, 1906. Thomas, Fractures of the Base of the Skull, Injuries of Cranial Nerves Follow- ing, Journal of the American Medical Association, July 25, 1908, p. 271. 686 BIBLIOGRAPHY 687 FRACTURE OF THE NASAL BONES Bosworth, Diseases of Nose and Throat, third edition, pages 157-I61. Zuckerkandl, Anat. norm, et Patholog. des Fosses Nasales, volume I, page 429. Evans, Deflections of the Nasal Septum, Louisville Journal of Surgery and Medi- cine, volume v, June, 1898, pages 1-4. Casselberry, Deformities of the Septum Narium, Transactions of the American Medical Association, volume xxii, No. 9, pages 469-471 Cobb, Fracture of the Nasal Bones, Journal of the American Medical Association, volume xxx, 1898, page 58S. Freytag, Monatschrift fur Ohrenheilkunde, 1896, Band XXX, Seiten 217-224. Zuckerkandl, Anatomie der Nasenhohle, Band 11. Watsin, Lancet, 1896, volume 1, page 972. Roe, The American Medical Quarterly, June, 1899. FRACTURE OF THE SPINE Thorburn, A Contribution to the Surgery of the Spinal Cord. 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H., I^ondon lancet, June 2, 1900 ; London Lancet, Feb. 5, 1898. DISLOCATIONS Unreduced Dislocations of the Elbow Stimson, N. Y. Medical Journal, October 24, 1891. Trendelenburg, Archiv. fur klin. Chir., 1879, vol. xxiv., p. 790. Bunge, Archiv. f. klin. Chir., vol., lx, p. 557. Rixford, Trans. Am. Surg. Association, 1903. Murphy, Arthroplasty Jour. Am. Med. Assoc, 1905. Sheldon, Acromioclavicular dislocation, Annals of Surgery, September, 1903. PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES Simmons, C. C, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Annals of Surgery, August, 1907. Nichols, E. H., Keen's Surgery, volume II, 1907. INDEX Abscess of brain following fracture of base of skull, 28, 48 of jaw, 87 Acromial process of scapula, 584 Active motion after dislocation of thumb, 680 after fracture of elbow, 260 of leg, 518 of patella, 469 of radius, 291 of scaphoid bone of wrist, 355 of shaft of femur, 432 after separation of lower femoral epiphysis, 453 in Colles' fracture, 349 Adhesions following fracture of pa- tella, 467, 469 Adhesive plaster in Colles' fracture, 346 in fracture of clavicle, 148, 149, 150. 152 of elbow, 252, 253 of femur, neck of, 391 shaft of, 419 of humerus, 202, 206, 212 of leg, 504, 505 of metacarpal bones, 363, 365 of nasal bones. 62 of olecranon, 318 of patella, 463 of phalanges, 373 of radius and ulna, 305 of rib, 124 application of, 124 of scapula, 159 of sternum, 129 in Pott's fracture, 531 Albee, reduction in separation of upper epiphysis of humerus, 176 Albers (quoted), use of morphin in ambulatory treatment, 637 Aluminium or tin finger-splint, 374 Ambulatory treatment, 636 of fracture of clavicle, 148 of humerus, 183 of thigh, 385, 434 of fractures, 636 advantages claimed, 640 conclusions, 642 early advocates, 636 Ambulatory treatment of fractures, materials for ordinary care of closed fractures, 643 method of application of plas- ter splint (Dollinger's), 638 report of cases, 641 American Surgical Association, Com- mittee from (quoted), requis- ites for satisfactory result following fracture of femur, 436 conclusions expressing views of. upon medicolegal rela- tions of v-rays, adopted in May, 1900, 61 1 Anatomical neck of humerus, 167 after-treatment of operated cases, 1 88 fracture of, with dislocation of upper fragment, 169 impacted fracture, 169 treatment, 169 Anesthetics, use of, in examination: of Colles' fracture, 326, 330 of femur, neck of, 381 shaft of, 416 of fracture of elbow, 243, 266 in dislocation, 674 of humerus, 162, 165 anatomical neck of, 168 surgical neck of, 162 of leg. 489 in open fracture, 514 of maxilla, superior, 61 of nasal bones, 61 of separation of upper humeral epiphysis, 178 of shoulder, 162 in treatment. 555 of Colles* fracture, 341, 353 of dislocation of cervical ver- tebra?, 650, 651 of elbow, 674 of jaw, 652 of shoulder, 670 of fracture of clavicle in chil- dren, 150 of femur, shaft of, 416 of humerus, 178, 206 of jaw, 652 692 INDEX Anesthetics, use of, in treatment of fracture of leg, 5 1 4 of malar bone, 70 of radius and ulna, 296 of vertebrae, 1 1 7 of greenstick fracture of fore- arm, 310 of Pott's fracture, 527, 530 of unreduced dislocations of shoulder, 670 Ankylosis of ankle-joint, 551 of elbow, 676 of shoulder, 188 Arthritis, chronic, after fracture of leg, 520 infectious, causing ankylosis of shoulder- joint, 188 peri-, following injury to shoulder, 184 Arthroplasty upon elbow, 676 upon humerus, 1 90 Asch tube, 62 Aspiration of knee-joint, 465 Astragalus, 543 open fracture, 551 operative treatment, 551 prognosis, 545 results, 547 symptoms, 543 treatment, 547 Atrophy, muscular, after fracture of humerus, 212, 219 Bandage, dextrin, 634 application, 634 formula, 634 elastic rubber, 461 flannel, after Pott's fracture, 534 in fracture of humerus, 181, 200, 206 of os calcis, 550 of patella, 466 in separation of lower femoral epiphysis, 453 substituted for plaster splint, 518 four-tailed, in fracture of lower jaw, 78 plaster-of- Paris, 73, 116, 512, 614, 631 roller, in Colles' fracture, 347 in fracture of elbow, 255, 256 of femur, neck of, 391 shaft of, 419 of humerus, 200, 206, 209 of metacarpal bones, 372 of patella. 466 in Pott's fracture, 529 Velpeau, 150 Bardeleben (quoted), ambulatory treatment, cases reported, 637 Bardeleben, law concerning ambula- tory treatment, 637 Base of skull, 25, 28, 30 anterior fossa, 31 cribriform plate of ethmoid, 31, 48 drainage of fossa, 44 hemorrhage, 30, 32 involvement of, in fracture of maxilla, superior, 71 of nasal bones, 64 middle fossa, 31 nature of fractures, 28 orbital plate of frontal bone, 31 petrous portion of temporal bone, posterior fossa, 32 relation to fracture of vault, 28 symptoms, 30, 31, 32 Base-ball finger, 373 Beach, case of musculospiral paralysis, 218 Bed-sores, 94, 119, 388 treatment, 388 Bennett's fracture, 362 Bibliography, 686 Bladder (urinary), rupture of, 139 symptoms, 139 treatment, operative, 140 Blebs, 492, 499 treatment, 499 Blood-vessels, lesions of, in separa- tion of lower femoral epiphysis, 477 Bolton (quoted), fracture of neck of femur in childhood, 408 Bone cysts as a cause of fracture, 565 treatment, 565 plates and screws (Lane's), 561, 562 staples (Huntington's), 561 Borden (W. C.) (quoted), 585 infection in gunshot wounds, 592, 593. 594 prognosis in gunshot wounds, 594 treatment of gunshot wounds, 592, 593. 594 Bradford (E. H.), treatment with modified Thomas knee-splint, 638 frame, 132, 415, 444 making of, 444 myotomy of muscles for Volkmann's contracture, 271 Brain, abscess of, 44 compression of, 19, 20 concussion and contusion of, 17, 45, 46 extradural hemorrhage, 20 laceration of, 18 subarachnoid serous exudation, 24 traumatic lesions of, 17 symptoms, 17 INDEX 693 Brain-tissue, escape of, in fracture of base of skull, 30 Brown (P.), x-ray of fracture of both bones of forearm above wrist, 288 Bruns, musculospinal paralysis, 219 Bryant's method of measurement after fracture of neck of femur, 383 Buck's extension apparatus (modi- fied), 419 application, 420 in childhood, 440 materials required. 419 Bullard (Boston City Hospital) (quoted), results of fracture of skull, 49 Burrell (Boston City Hospital), illus- trations of dislocation of hip, 683, 684 Cabot and Binney, x-rays of results of fracture of astragulus and os calcis, 551 Cabot (A. T.), use of Taylor's long hip-splint, 638 posterior wire splint, 441, 531, 532 application, 441 covering, 441 making, 441 padding of, for reception of lower extremity, 504 Cabot (Hugh), method of mobiliza- tion of urethra in rupture follow- ing fracture of pelvis, 138, 139 Carcinoma, metastatic, as a cause of fracture, 564 Carpus, 355 scaphoid, 355 treatment, 359 operative, 360, 361 Cerebrospinal fluid, escape of, in fracture of base of skull, 30 Character, changes in, following head injuries, 47, 48 Chase, report of Mixter's case of transverse lesion of cord, 1 10 Chutro, musculospinal paralysis, 241 injury to elbow, 263, 264 Clavicle, 141 anatomy, 141 prognosis, 152 symptoms, 142 in childhood, 143 treatment in adults, 144 modified Say re dressing, 148 recumbent, 144 in children, 150 operative, 153 in ununited fractures, 154 Cobb's splint. 62 Cod man and Chase, .v-ray illustrations of fracture of scaphoid, 357, 358 Codman (Ernest Amory), Rontgen ray and its relation to fractures, 598 (quoted), treatment of fracture of scaphoid bone of wrist, 361 Coalman's method of taking an x-ray of the scaphoid, 361 of raising depressed malar bone, 70 Colles' fracture, 323 after-care, 354 anatomy, 324 causes of, 323 differential diagnosis, 335 contusion of bones near wrist-joint, 336 dislocation of wrist back- ward, 337 fracture of shaft of one or both bones low down, 337 separation of lower epiphysis of radius, 339 sprain of wrist, 336 lesions associated with, 341 old fractures at lower end of radius, 351 prognosis and result, 350 "reversed " Colles' fracture, 350 symptoms, 326 treatment, 341 method of reduction, 342 operative, for resulting de- formity, 351 method of operating (Loth- rop's technique), 353 retentive apparatus, 345 application of, 345, 346 Coma, 35, 38 alcoholic, 35 from opium- poisoning, 32 Compression of brain, 19, 20 symptoms, 19 Concussion and contusion of brain, 17. 45. 46 symptoms, 17, 45, 46 temperature, 18, 46 Consciousness and unconsciousness in extradural hemorrhage, 19, 20 Contracture, Volkmann's, 266 Contusion of bones near wrist-joint, 336 Coolidge's splint, 63 Coracoid process of scapula, 164 Coxa vara, 409 Cradle, 420, 427 Crandon and Wilson (quoted), case of head injury. 54 Curtis, results of excision of shoulder- joint, 190 Cushing, Cannon (quoted), symptoms of compression in intracranial hem- orrhage, 21, 45 694 INDEX Cushing (E. H ), dissection of nerves in Volkmann's contracture, 271 Cystitis after fractures of vertebrae, 94, 104, 117 Dandridge (N. P.), ambulatory treat- ment, cases reported, 638 Davidsohn, lengthening of flexor tendons in Volkmann's contracture, 271 Davison, method of suspending lower limb in fracture of thigh in children, 443 Deformity after fracture of clavicle, 152 of femur, neck of, 376, 385 shaft of, 410 backward sagging, 425 eversion of foot, 426 outward bowing, 426 of humerus, 185 of leg, 487, 491 of malar bone, 68 of nasal bones, 64 of rib, 124 in Colles' fracture, 327, 351 anteroposterior, 327 silver- fork, 327 lateral, 327 slight deformity only, 330 in fracture of clavicle, 148, 152 of elbow, 256 of metacarpal bones, 362, 372 of phalanges (hand), 373 of radius, shaft of, 293 and ulna, 284 of skull in newborn, 55 of vertebrae, 94, 115 in greenstick fracture of bones of forearm, 284, 310 in Pott's fracture, 527, 529 anteroposterior, 529 of lateral, 527 reversed Pott's deformity, 527 in separation of epiphysis: humeral, upper, 170, 172 radial, lower, 295 Dislocation of hip, 379, 384, 680 of humeral head, 166, 186 reduction, 186 results. 186 treatment, 186, 187, 188 operative, 187, 188 of knee, 685 of radius and ulna backward, with or without fracture of coro- noid process of ulna, 232 treatment. 234 of vertebrae, 92, 102 of wrist, backward, 337 Dislocations, notes upon, 644 of acromioclavicular joint, 658 illustrative cases, 658 lesions of ligaments, 658 symptoms, 658 treatment, 659 operative, 659 indications for, 659 of cervical vertebrae, 644 bilateral, 644 combined with a fracture of an articular process, 649 precautions, 651 spontaneous reduction, 650 treatment, 650 of bilateral dislocation, 651 unilateral, 650 signs, 650 untreated cases, 650 of clavicle, 658 of elbow, 673 after-treatment, 675 associated with fracture, 674 signs, 673 treatment, 675 unreduced dislocations, 676 obstacle to reduction, 676 operation, 676 of hip, 680 reduction, 682 Allis' method, 683 Stimson's method, 682 reduction of a dorsal or poste- rior dislocation, Bigelow's method, 684 of an inward or anterior dis- location, Allis' direct method, 684 indirect method, 684 Bigelow's method, 684 symptoms, 681, 682 of jaw, 651 signs, 651 spontaneous reduction, 651 treatment, 652 of irreducible dislocations, 654 of recurring dislocations, 654 of patella. 685 of shoulder, 661 associated with fracture, 663 old unreduced dislocations, 666 treatment, 666 recurrent dislocations, 666 signs, 661 treatment, 663 after-reduction, 667 Kocher's method. 579. 580, 581, 582 Dollinger's method of application of plaster splint in ambulatory treat- ment of fractures, 637 Drainage after fracture of base of skull, of fossa involved, 44 of superior maxilla, 74 in open fracture of lex, 5X° in Pott's fracture, 536 of antrum, 72 of mouth, 72, 74 Dudgeon (quoted), Volkmann's con- tracture, 267 Dupuytren splint, 468 application, 468 defect, 468 Ecchymosis in fracture of leg, 492 of skull, 31, 32 Edema, causes of, after fracture of leg or thigh, 521 cerebral, 24 malignant, 454 Elbow, 227 after-care, 258 method of examination, 227 carrying angle, 229 head of radius, 228 measurements, 229 movements at elbow- joint, 229 palpation of the three bony 1 points, 228 , summary of order of examina- tion, 231 ! the three l>ony points. 228 I omission of splint or retentive ap paratus, 260 prognosis, 263 Elbow, traumatic lesions, 232 diagnosis, 234 of lower end of humerus, 234 of radius and ulna, 232 symptoms, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 240, 241 treatment, 244 acutely flexed position, 249, 265 method of using, 249 precautions in using, 252 Volkmann's contracture, 266 treatment, 271 operative, 271 Elbow- joint, treatment of, in fracture of shaft of humerus, 244 Electricity after fracture of upper end of humerus, 188 Elevating fractured bones: malar, 70 maxillary, superior, 72 nasal, 62 sternum, 129 Embolism, 455 fat, 454 cerebral type, 455 pulmonary type, 455 diagnosis, 455 symptoms, 455 treatment, 455 Emergency method of putting up a fracture of thigh or hip, 413 Emphysema in fracture of nasal bones, 59 of ribs, 122, 126 of superior maxilla, 72 English (quoted), later results of head injuries, 47 Epilepsy, traumatic, 49 treatment, operative, 49 Epiphyses, anatomical facts regard- ing the, 571 acromion process of scapula, 584 date of appearance of ossification in chief epiphyses of long bones (after Poland), 571 femur, lower epiphysis, 583 humerus, upper epiphysis, 572 activity of, in growth of shaft, 583 lower epiphysis, 584 importance of exact knowledge, 571 order of frequency of separation (after Poland), 572 pain in separation of epiphyses compared with pain from frac- tures, 572 radius, lower epiphyses, 293 separation of, age of occurrence, 295 tibia, lower epiphysis, 584 upper epiphysis, 584 union of, with shaft of bone, age of occurrence, 584 696 INDEX Epiphysis, fracture of lower radial, 304, 339 injury to lower humeral, 240 diagnosis, 241 separation of, femoral, lower, 445, 558 anatomy, 445 complications, 454 diagnosis, 447 prognosis, 448 symptoms, 448, 449 treatment, 450 of traumatic gangrene, septicemia, malignant edema, 453 operative method of re- duction, 452 reduction by manipula- tion when fragment is displaced forward, 45 1 humeral, lower, 240 treatment, 257 upper, 169, 572, 583 arrested growth of bone, 1 77 prognosis, 177 treatment, 172 operative, 172, 177, 558 with dislocation of upper fragment, 186 after treatment of oper- ated cases, 188 treatment, 186 radial, lower, 304, 339 treatment, 304, 341 tibial, lower, 485, 493 upper, 485 of acromion process of scapula, 584 Excision of head of humerus, 187 results, 188 of shoulder-joint for fracture and dislocation, 188 results, 189, 190, 191 Extension weights after fracture of pelvis, 132 of femur, neck of, 391 shaft of, 424, 425, 426 Extravasation, subarachnoid, in frac- ture of skull, 37 of urine, 140 in fracture of pelvis, 140 Face, bones of, fractures of, 56 malar bone, 67 maxilla, inferior, 74 superior, 58, 71 nasal bones, 56, 58 Feeding, after fracture of jaw, by mouth, 74 nasal, 74 Femur, 410 Femur, after-treatment and prognosis, 43i examination, method of, 416 gunshot fracture, 585 mortality, 596 comparative, in different wars, 596 prognosis, 590 symptoms, 595 treatment, 592 in childhood, 440 symptoms, 440 treatment, 440 Bradford frame, 444 Buck's extension, 440 Cabot posterior wire splint, 441 plaster-of- Paris spica splint, 440 in newborn, 439, 440 neck of. prevention of resulting deformities,. 432, 433, 434 prognosis, 435 results, 436 in adult life, 437 in childhood, 437 in old age, 438 shaft of, 410 measurement, 410 Keen's method, 413 symptoms, 410 subtrochanteric fracture, 427 symptoms, 428 treatment, 428 operative, 428 supracondyloid fracture, 429 symptoms, 429 treatment, 429 treatment, 413 ambulatory, 434 Buck's extension apparatus (mod- ified), 419, 420 emergency method, 413 operative, 420, 421, 425, 426, 558 transportation of a patient, 414, 4i5. Fessler, paralysis, secondary, in frac- ture of humerus, 216, 218 Fiske, ambulatory treatment at Roosevelt Hospital, 638 Fissure of Rolando, indications of lesions about, 20 of skull, 25, 28 Flail- joint, shoulder, 188 Klatfoot, traumatic, 550 treatment, 550 Foot, bones of, 543 astragalus, 543 and os calcis, 545 metatarsal bones, 551 INDEX 697 Foot, bones of, open fracture of as- tragalus and os calcis, 551 operative treatment, 551 os calcis, 545 phalanges, 553 scaphoid of tarsus, 551 Forearm, bones of, 284, 558 Colles' fracture, 323 olecranon, 311 radius and ulna. 284, 295, 558 Fossa, anterior middle, 44 posterior, 44 drainage of, 44 Fractures, operative treatment of, 554 method of operating upon shafts of long bones, 560 results, anatomical, 556 non-operative treatment of, 556 Gangrene of leg after fracture of femur, 439 in separation of lower femoral epiphysis. 447 of lower leg. 499 treatment, 499 traumatic. 453 Garre, shortening of radius and ulna in Volkmann's contracture, 271 Glycosuria following head injury, 48 Gocht (quoted ), fractures of the meta- tarsals, 609 Goldstein, paralysis, primary, in fracture of humerus, 216 Gowers, mortality after injury* to first two cervical vertebra, 102 Greenstick fractures of bones of fore- arm, 284 treatment, 296, 310 of clavicle. 143, 144. 152 of femur, neck of, 408, 409 treatment, 409 Gunshot fractures of bone, 585 changes in construction of modern military rifle, 585 classification of parts of long bones injured (Kocher), 587 comparison of old and modern bullets, 585. 591 disinfection of limb, 594 explosive effect of bullet, 587 factors upon which amount of damage to bone is depend- ent, 585 resistance, 500 revolution of bullet, 586 shape of bullet, 585 velocity of bullet, 587 proicxi'/M* in fractures of femur, tv ** h*-t bullet, 590 fre*« ffi*f it ( ^2 Gunshot fractures of bone, treatment, 592 first field dressing, 593 fracture of femur, 594 infected wounds, 594 non- infected wounds, 593 operative, 595 uncomplicated injuries, 592 wounds of entrance and exit, 590 of modern projectiles less grave, 592 of vertebrae, 1 19 Hacker, clinic of, splint for fracture of humerus, 203, 204 Head injury, cases of, 49 injury to head, five days later walks about, sudden death, 54 middle meningeal hemorrhage. fracture of skull, 54 open depressed fracture of skull, paralysis of one-half of body, 52 later results, 47 cerebral abscess, chronic, 48 changes of character, 47 epilepsy, traumatic, 48 headache, chronic, 47 insanity, 49 vertigo. 47 vomiting, 47 Heel, care of, in treatment of fracture of hip. 388 of leg. 504 of shaft of femur, 425 of Potts fracture. 532 Hematoma of cartilaginous septum of nose. 63 of scalp, 25 Hematomyelia, 112. 113. 115 Hematuria. 94 Hemorrhage, extradural. 20. 22, 2$ consciousness, internal of. 20 semiconsciousness, period of, 22 unconsciousness. 20. 21. 24 in fracture of base of skull. 30, 3 1 , 32 of humerus, 198. iqq of leg, 500 of maxilla, superior, 72 of ribs, 122 into pharynx, 32 spinal cord. iog. 112 intracranial, 21. 38. 43 sources, 21 symptoms of croniprcssioo, 21 treatment. 39 meningeal. 44 middle meningeal. 22, 43 698 INDEX Hemorrhage, middle meningeal, cases ' of, with fracture of skull, 49 vs. hemorrhagic pachymeningi- tis, 35 Hip or neck of femur, 376 anatomy, 376 fracture in adults, 377 examination, 380 impacted and unimpacted, 385 measurement, 382 Bryant's method, 383 prognosis and result, 385 results after fracture treated by immobiliza- tion, traction, and coun- tertraction, 386 symptoms, 379 treatment, 387 general considerations, 387 present methods, 389 fixation, 393 lateral pressure, 398 Thomas hip-splint, 389, 393 forcible abduction and immobilization with or without traction (Whit- man's method), 389, 398, 399. 401 pegging, 389, 406 traction, 389, 391 after-care, 392 fracture in childhood, 408 immediate result, 409 late result, 408 symptoms, 408 treatment, 409 of greenstick fracture, 408, 409 Hot-air treatment, 550 Hot-water bottles, use of, 40 danger from, 40 Humerus, 160 lower end, lesions of, 227, 234 fracture of external condyle, 238 of internal condyle, 238 epicondyle, 238 injury to lower numeral epiphysis, 240, 558 T-fracture into elbow-joint, 241 transverse fracture above con- dyles, 238, 254 treatment, 254 series of unselected cases, illustrat- ing anatomical and functional results five years after accident, 272 Humerus, shaft of, 196 after-treatment, 208 fractures in the newborn, 212 musculospiral nerve in fracture of humerus, 213 prognosis, 212 symptoms, 196 treatment, 199 of fractures with considerable displacement, 209 with little or no displace- ment, 200 after treatment, 208 operative, 209 upper end, 160 after-care, 183, 188 anatomy, 160 diagnosis, 165 dislocation of humeral head, 166 subcoracoid, 166, 189 subglenoid, 189 examination of shoulder, 162 fracture of anatomical neck, 167, 186 of surgical neck, 177, 186, 558 prognosis and result, 184 separation of upper epiphysis, 169, 186, 558 prognosis, 177, 184 treatment, 172, 176 subperiosteal fracture, in chil- dren, 178 treatment, 178 operative, 186, 188 excision of shoulder-joint for fracture and disloca- tion, indications for and results of, 1 88 with dislocation of upper frag- ment, 186, 188 treatment, 186, 188 Huntington's bone staples, 561 method of traction and counter- traction in treatment of fracture of femur, 430, 43 1 Hypernephroma, metastatic, as a cause of fracture, 564 Hysteroid semiconsciousness, 24 Ice-bags, 501 Idiopathic fragilitas ossium, 568 Ilium, fracture of crest of, 132 Infection in compound fracture of skull, 28 in fracture of base of skull, 28 of humerus, 187 of leg, 485, 501 of maxilla, inferior, 78 INDEX 699 Infection in fracture of maxilla, su- perior, 71 of metacarpal bones, 361 of metatarsal bones, 551 of nasal bones, 59 in gunshot fracture of vertebrae, 1 19 in gunshot wounds, 594 in open fracture of phalanges of hand, 373 in Pott's fracture, 536 in separation of lower femoral ep- iphysis. 477 Insanity following injuries of head, 49 treatment, operative, 49 Jones, acutely flexed position in re- duction of fracture of elbow, 249 Keen's method of measuring in frac- ture of shaft of femur, 413 Kerr's method of reducing obstetric fracture of skull, 55 Knee-jerks in fractures of vertebrae, 105 Kocher's grouping of phenomena in compression of brain, 19, 37 classification of parts of long bones injured in gunshot wounds, 587 external lateral incision, use of, in unreduced dislocations of elbow, 676 method of reducing dislocation of the shoulder, 664 Korsch's treatment of thigh fracture, 636 Krause, quoted, on ambulatory treat- ment of fracture, 636 advantages, 640 limits of its use, 637 table from Paul Bruns, containing average periods of healing, 641 Laceration of brain, 18 symptoms, 18, 19 temperature, 19 LaGarde (quoted), wounds of modern projectiles, 592 Lane's bone plates and screws, 561, 562 Leg, 481 after-care, 516, 519 anatomy, 481 examination, 487 general observations, 484 injury to tibial tubercle, 485 open fractures, 514 treatment, 514 permanent dressing, 514 temporary dressing, 514 wound of soft parts, 515 Leg, prognosis, 520 results, 520 re-fracture, 521 thrombosis and embolism, 521 symptoms, 490 treatment, 494 care of fracture after permanent dressing has been applied, 516 of heel, 504 permanent dressing, 502 temporary dressing, 501 fractures difficult to hold re- duced, 51 1 operative treatment, 511 with considerable immediate swelling, 498 with little or no swelling or displacement, 495 operative treatment of old frac- ture of leg near ankle, 538 Lesions following injury to definite vertebrae, table of, 93 to shoulder, 272 Ligaments, lesions of, in backward dislocation of first proximal phalanx of thumb, 680 in dislocation of acromioclavicu- lar joint, 658 Limitation of motion after Colles' fracture, 351 after fracture of elbow, 265 of humerus, 168, 190 of olecranon, 321 of patella, 474 of radius, 286 and ulna, 307 of scaphoid bone of wrist, 360 after open fracture of astragalus and os calcis, 551 after operation for unreduced dis- location of shoulder, 190 after separation of lower femoral epiphysis, 453 of jaw, in fracture of malar bone, 67, 68 Little's disease, 271 Littlewood, cause of Volkmann's con- tracture, 269, 271 Lorenz, perineal band in fracture of hip, 404 Lothrop's method of elevating de- pressed malar bone, 72, 74 technique in operating for deform- ity following Colles' fracture, 353 Lovett (quoted), pupils, in fracture of base of skull, 30 MacCormac (Sir William) (quoted), treatment of gunshot fracture of femur, 596 7oo INDEX Makins (George Henry), quoted, am- putation for suppurating frac- tures, 597 difficulties of frequent dressing of gunshot fractures, 594 gunshot fractures of femur, 595 wounds in South African War, 587, 588 prognosis in fracture of femur (quoted from "Surgical Ex- periences"), 597 Malar bone, 67 complications, 67 examination, 67 symptoms, 68 treatment, 70 operative, 71 Martin (Dr. Edwin), ambulatory treatment, cases reported, 562, 638 Mason, excisions of shoulder-joint, cases of, 189, 190 Massachusetts General Hospital, cases treated at, 430 case results after fracture of femur, 436, 437 of leg, 520 of patella, 474 of excision of shoulder- joint for fracture and dislocation, 188, 189, 190 of musculospiral paralysis, opera- tion for, in fracture of humerus, 225 statistics concerning ambulatory treatment, 641 Massage after dislocation of elbow, 675 of thumb, 680 after fracture of clavicle, 151 of elbow, 260, 261 of femur, shaft of, 433, 434 of humerus, 184, 188, 211, 223 of leg, 518 of metacarpal bones, 372 of olecranon, 320 of patella, 470, 474 with operative treatment, 462 of radius, 289, 291 and ulna, 306 of ribs, 126 of scaphoid bone of wrist, 355, 361 of scapula, 159 after Pott's fracture, 534 after separation of lower femoral epiphysis, 453 for traumatic flat-foot, 550 in Colles' fracture, 349, 351 in fracture of astragalus, 549, 550 of os calcis, 550 in Volkmann's contracture, 271 Matas' splint, 90 Materials for ordinary care of closed fractures, 643 Mauser bullet, 592 revolution of, 592 size, weight, and velocity, 592 Maxilla, inferior, 74 abscesses, 87 examination, 76 fracture of body of jaw, 78 of coronoid and articular proc- esses, 90 of ramus, just behind molar teeth. 520 after separation of lower femoral epiphysis, 447 in open fracture of metatarsal bones, 553 of phalanges, 375 ischemic, 267 Nephritis after fractures of vertebrae, 119 Nerves, lesions of, following head in- juries. 30. 47. 48. 49 in fracture of base of skull, 30, 31,32 of floor of orbit, 68 of humerus, 196 of leg. 484 of malar bone, 68 of maxilla, superior, 72 of vertebrae, 94 in separation of lower femoral ep- iphysis, 447 of spinal cord, anatomy of, 92, 93, Neugebauer, massage and electricity in musculospiral paralysis, 223 Neuralgia, occipital, 103 Neuritis following injury to musculo- spiral nerve, 196 Newborn, fractures in the: of femur, 439 of humerus, 212 of skull, 55 Nichols (quoted), pupils in fracture of base of skull, 30 Non-operative treatment of fractures, 554 Non-union of fracture of clavicle, 154 operative treatment, 154 of femur, neck of, 385 of humerus, 196 of leg, 538 of phalanges of hand, 373, 375 of fractures. 307 causes, 310 treatment, 310 operative, 310 Nose, dangers of blow upon, 38 deformity of, from fracture, 38, 61, 64 from syphilis, 38 von Nussbaum (quoted), first dressing of gunshot wounds, 593 Obstetric fractures of humerus, 212 of skull, 55 causes, 55 prognosis, 55 treatment, 55 Olecranon, 311 after-care, 320 702 INDEX Olecranon, anatomy, 311 process, 312 summary of treatment, 322 symptoms, 315 treatment, 316 in open fracture, 318 operative, 318 of fresh fracture, 320 Operative treatment of fractures, 554 Orbit, involvement of, in fracture of malar bone, 68 Orbital plate of frontal bone, 31 Os calcis, 545 open fracture, 551 operative treatment, 551 results, 551 flat foot, 550 symptoms, 545 treatment, 547 Osgood (quoted), injury to tibial tubercle, 487 and Mixter, review of literature of injuries to atlas and axis, 102 treatment, operative, 103 and Penhallow, splint for fracture of humerus, 203, 204, 205 Osteogenesis imperfecta, 568 prognosis, 570 Osteomalacia as a cause of fracture, 567 Osteomyelitis as a cause of fracture, 565. infectious, 565 treatment, 566 tuberculous, 567 Pachymeningitis, hemorrhagic in- ternal, 33, 35 symptoms, 35 Pad under instep after Pott's frac- ture, 529 Pad, V-shaped, in fracture of humerus, 182, 202 Padding in Colles' fracture, 345 in fracture of femur, 421 of metacarpal bones, 361 of os calcis, 547 in Pott's fracture, 529 of Dupuytren splint, 527 Painter (quoted), case of fracture caused by infectious osteomye- litis, case of osteomalacia, 568 Paralysis in fracture of humerus, 164, 226 of skull, 24 of vertebrae, 94, 98, 100, 101, 102, 105 in unconsciousness from apoplexy, 34 in Volkmann's contracture, 266, 270, 271 Paralysis, obstetrical, 212 of musculospiral nerve, 196, 213 facts of importance, 226 primary, 216, 217, 218, 221, 222 secondary, 216, 217, 218, 220, 223 of peripheral nerves, 270 Passive motion after dislocation of elbow, 259, 675 of shoulder, 667 of thumb, 680 after fracture of clavicle, 144, 150 of elbow, 259, 260 of femur, shaft of, 433 of humerus, 211, 212 of leg, 518 of olecranon, 321 of patella, 469 of radius, 291 and ulna, 306 of scaphoid bone of wrist, 355 with operative treatment, 479 after Pott's fracture, 533 after separation of lower femoral epiphysis, 453 in Colles' fracture, 349, 350 in fracture of astragalus, 551 Patella, 456 anatomy, 456 old fracture, 480 open fracture, 471 treatment, 472 operative interference in recent closed fractures, 477 conditions suitable, 478 danger of sepsis, 478 indications, 479 method of operation, 479 restoration of function of joint following opera- tive treatment, 479 prognosis, 472 results, 474 symptoms, 459 treatment, 461 limitation and removal of effu- sion, 461 maintenance of reduction until union is satisfactory, 465 operative, 480 reduction of fragments, 463 restoration of function of joint, 467 summary of treatment by expec- tant or non-operative method, 470 Pathologic fractures, 564 idiopathic fragilitas ossium, 568 osteogenesis imperfecta, 568 symptomatic fragilitas ossium, 564 INDEX 703 Pathologic fractures, symptomatic metastatic carcinoma, 564 osteomalacia, 567 osteomyelitis, infectious, 565 tuberculous, 567 rachitis, 568 syphilis, 567 syringomyelia, 567 tabes dorsalis, 567 Paul, union of bone in fracture of femur, 433 of leg, 518 and Scudder, musculospiral nerve in fracture of humerus, 213 Pelvis, 130 complications, 132. 135, 139 rupture of urethra, 135 of urinary bladder, 138 visceral lesions, 135 examination, 130, 131 prognosis, 140 treatment, 132 Penhallow and Osgood, splint for fracture of humerus, 203, 204, 205, 208 Phalanges, 553 of the foot, 553 treatment, 553 of the hand, 373 open fractures, 375 operative treatment, 375 symptoms, 373 treatment, 373 Pharyngeal mucous membrane in fracture of base of skull, 30, 32 Pilcher (E. S.), ambulatory treat- ment, cases reported, 638 Plaster-of- Paris, employment of, 73, 614 application to patient, 116, 512, 631 dextrin bandage, 634 making of bandages, 617, 618 removal of the plaster splint, 634 rolling the plaster, 614 jacket, 115 method of applying, 116 roller bandage, 614 method of making, 614 splint, 297, 310, 440, 465, 512 removable, 465 spica, 440 traction, 512 method of application, 512, 634 shoulder-cap, 181 support in abduction of hip (Whit- man's method,) 398 Pleurisy in fracture of ribs, 122, 126 Pneumonia, hypostatic, 104, 389 Pneumothorax in fracture of ribs, 122 Poland, John (his "Traumatic Sepa- ration of the Epiphysis," quoted), 57i Poliomyelitis, anterior, 271 Pool (quoted), treatment of Colles' fracture, 345 Porter, illustration of fracture of head of radius, 287 Porter and McBurney hook, 666 Pott's fracture, 521 anatomy, 521 lesions which may be present, 521, 522 open fracture, 536 treatment, 536, 537 operative treatment of old frac- tures, 538 prognosis and results, 535 symptoms, 523 treatment, 527 care after permanent dressing is applied, 533 Dupuytren splint, 529 lateral and posterior plaster- of- Paris splints (Stim son's splint), 532 operative, 538 indications, 538, 539 posterior wire splint with curved foot-piece, 530 support of arch of foot, 535 Pressure sores, 388 treatment, 388 Pubic portion of ring of pelvis, 132 Pulse in alcoholic coma, 35 in coma from opium-poisoning, 33 in fracture of hip, 388 of leg, 490 of skull, 18, 19 in unconsciousness in uremia, 34 Puncture, lumbar, 37 Pupils in alcoholic coma, 35 in coma from opium-poisoning, 33 in fracture of base of skull, 30 in unconsciousness from apoplexy, 34 in uremia, 34 Pyelitis after fracture of vertebrae, 104, 119 Quinby (quoted), results after frac- ture of patella, 476 Rachitis as a cause of fracture, 568 Radioulnar joint, inferior, involve- ment of, in Colles' fracture, 351 Radius, fracture of neck or head, 238, 258. distortion of shadows, 600 fluoroscope, 599, 607 forms of fracture in which x-ray gives great assistance, 606 elbow-joint, 607 femur, 608 foot, bones of, 609 leg, lower, 609 patella, 603 shoulder-joint, 607 wrist, 608 in knowledge of pathology and treatment of fractures, 605 medicolegal relations of x-rays, conclusions expressing views of American Surgical Associa- tion, adopted in May, 1900, 611 use in demonstrating to students, 606 use of, as a method of record in rare fractures, 606 x-ray burns and dermatitis, 609 picture and photograph, com- parison of, 599 in diagnosis of Colles' fracture, 335, 339. 343 of coronoid process of ulna, 286 of elbow, 227 of femur, neck of, 376 of fracture of astragalus, 543 of humerus, 165, 168, 178, 221 of pathological fractures, 564 of radius, neck and head of, 285 of scaphoid bone of wrist, 355, 361 in dislocation of shoulder, 165 in gunshot fractures, 585 in knowledge of epiphyses, 607 in unreduced dislocations of shoulder, 668 Ruptured artery, 196 Sand-bags, 391 Sarcoma as a cause of fracture, 564 Sayre dressing (modified) in fracture of clavicle, 148, 151 Scaphoid bone of wrist, 355 acute fracture, 355 chronic cases, 359 diagnosis, 359 treatment, 359 operative, 360 Scapula, 155 acromial process, 157, 159 body of, 155 INDEX 705 Scapula, neck of, 157, 158 treatment in general, 158 Senn (quoted), lateral pressure, 585 Sepsis. See Infection. Septicemia, 454 Shock after fracture of femur, neck of, 376 shaft of, 595 of pelvis, 135 of rib, 121 of superior maxilla, 7 1 of vertebrae, 94, 104, 119 after rupture of urinary bladder, 139 after separation of lower femoral epiphysis, 447 in fracture of skull, 36, 38 in gunshot fracture of femur, 590 Short-Desault apparatus, 512 Lovett's adaptation, 412 Shortening of bone after separation of lower femoral epiphysis, 449 in fracture of femur, neck of, 383 shaft of, 425 of humerus, 184 of leg, 487, 488 Silver- fork deformity, 327 Simmons (quoted), prognosis of osteo- genesis imperfecta, 570 Skull, 17, 23, 24 cases of head injury, 49 child's, peculiarities of, 39 compression of brain, 19, 20 concussion and contusion of brain, 17 diagnosis, 37 examination of patient, 36 general condition, 36 local condition, 37 extradural hemorrhage, 20 fracture of base, 25, 28, 30 of vault, 25 general observations, 38 laceration of brain, 1 8 later results of injuries to the head, 47, 48. 49 nature of fracture, 24 obstetric fractures, 55 prognosis, 45 subarachnoid serous exudation, 24 treatment, 39 of ear, 41 of mouth, 41, 42 of nose, 41 of scalp, 41 operative, 40, 42, 43, 44 unconsciousness resulting from other than surgical causes, 32 Sling after dislocation of shoulder, 667 for Colles' fracture, 347 for fracture of anatomical neck of humerus, 169 45 Sling for fracture of clavicle, 141, 144 of elbow, 227 of humerus, shaft of, 206, 207 upper end, 169, 181 of radius and ulna, 298, 302, 305 of scapula, 159 Smith anterior wire splint, 511 Spinal cord, anatomy, 92 lesions of, 92, 93 how to localize, 93 operative treatment, 109, no prognosis, 98, 104 transverse, 105 and partial, 105 how to distinguish, 105 Spine, injury to, examination, 94 Splints, making of: leather, 86 plastcr-of-Paris, 297 for Colles' fracture, 345 for fracture of astragalus, 543, 547 of elbow, 244, 255 internal right angle, 255 right-angle internal angular, 244 of femur, shaft of, coaptation, 202, 206, 419 emergency, 415 ham splint, 419 T-splint, 420 wooden, 419 of hip, Thomas hip-splint, 393 traction hip-splint, 392 T-splint, 391 of humerus, coaptation, 181, 202, 207, 208, 209 internal angular, 208 internal right-angle, 208 plaster-of- Paris, 176, 181, 209 after-care, 2 1 1 of leg, light plaster, 514 pillow and side, 501 plaster-of- Paris, 501, 511 posterior wire and side, 503 Smith's anterior wire, 511 of maxillary bones, buckle and strap, 86 chin- piece, 82 dental, 78 making, 78, 83 Matas', 90 silver-wire, 79 of metacarpal bones, 372 of metatarsal bones, 551, 553 of nasal bones, 62 Cobb's, 62 Coolidge's, 63 tin, 62 of olecranon, 311 internal right-angle, 316, 322 long internal, 317 706 INDEX Splints for fracture of os calcis, 545 of patella, 456 in open fracture, 471, 472 of phalanges of foot, 553 of hand, 374 of radius, neck of, 304 and ulna, 296 after-care of wooden and tin splints, 303 in greenstick fractures, 310 internal right-angle (of tin), 304 omission of splints, 310, 311 method of application, 302 after-care, 298 plaster-of- Paris, 297, 310 precautions in using, 297 palmar and dorsal (of wood), 300 for Pott's fracture, 528 Dupuytren, 527, 529 lateral and posterior plaster- of-Paris (Stimson's splint), 532 pillow and side, 527 posterior wire with curved foot-piece, 530, 535 Sponge compresses, 461 " Spontaneous fracture," 564 Sprain of wrist, 335 Starr (quoted), fracture of neck of femur in childhood, 408 Sternum, 127 complications, 127, 128, 129 diagnosis, 128 treatment, 128 operative, 129 Stimson (quoted), reduction of dis- locations, 674 Stimson's splint, 532 application, 532 making of, 532, 533 Stone (J. S.) (quoted), subperiosteal fractures of upper end of humerus in children, 178 Subarachnoid serous extravasation, 37 exudation, 24 Subjugation of head of radius, 293 Subluxation of head of radius, 286 Sunstroke following head injuries, 48 Surgical neck of humerus, 177 after-treatment of operated cases, 188 fracture with dislocation of upper fragment, 186 oblique fracture with great displacemrnt, 186 treatment. 186 operative, 186, 187 Suturing fracture of clavicle, 144, 150, 153 Suturing fracture of humerus, 196 shaft of, 187 surgical neck of, 177 of jaw, 71, 72, 74, 76 of leg, 500 of patella, 472, 477 of radius and ulna, 320, 354 in dislocation of humeral head, 187 results, 187 Symptomatic fragilitas ossium, 564 Synovial membranes, 583, 584 Synovitis, traumatic, of ankle, 522 of elbow- joint, 316 of knee, 459 Syphilis as a cause of fracture, 567 Syringomyelia as a cause of fracture, 567 Tabes dorsalis as a cause of fracture, 567 Table stating lesions following injury to definite vertebrae, 93 Taylor hip traction splint, 406, 434 steel back brace, 129 Teeth after fracture of maxillae, 77-90 Temperature in alcoholic coma, 35 in alcoholic delirium, 35 in coma from opium poisoning, 33 in fracture of skull, 18, 19, 36 in fracture of vertebrae, 112 in intracranial lesions, 38, 39 in laceration of brain, 35, 38 in rupture of urinary bladder in fracture of pelvis, 139 in unconsciousness from apoplexy, 34 in uremia, 34 Temporal bone, petrous portion of, 31 glenoid fossa of, 29 Tenotomy of tendo Achilles, 429, 511 Tetanus following fracture, 323 treatment, 323 T-fracture into elbow- joint, 241 into knee-joint, 559 Thomas, illustration of fracture of head of radius, 288, 289 (quoted), treatment of fracture of neck or head of radius, 255, 289 hip-splint, 393 application, 393 description, 393 knee-splint, 636 Thomson (Prof. Uremia in fracture of skull, 36 Urethra, injury to, in fracture of pubic bone, 132 rupture of, in fracture of pelvis, 135, 136, 138. 139 extravasation, 136 mobilization, 138, 139 symptoms, 135, 136 Urethra, rupture of, in fracture of pelvis, treatment, 138, 139, 140 Urotropin in fracture of skull, 40, 41 Vault of skull, 25 Velpeau bandage in fracture of clav- icle, 150 Vertebrae, 91-120 anatomy, 91 cervical, 92 dislocations, 92 injuries to cervicodorsal region opposite cervical enlargement of spinal cord, 101 to dorsal vertebrae, 100 to first two cervical vertebrae, 102 fracture of odontoid proc- ess, 103 diagnosis, 103 early symptoms, 103 later symptoms, 103 to last dorsal and lumbar ver- tebra?, 98 to midcervical region, 101, 102 examination of injury to spine, 94 general symptoms common to frac- tures, 94 gunshot fractures, 119 treatment, 119, 120 lesions, table of, 93 prognosis, 104, 112 symptoms of fracture of different regions of spine, cord being in- volved, 98 treatment, 105, 119 operative, 108, 109, no plaster-of- Paris jacket, 115 method of applying, 116 summary, 119 Vertical suspension in fracture of thigh in childhood, 444 Vertigo, 47 Visceral lesions in fracture of pelvis, 135 of vertebrae, gunshot, 119, 120 Volkmann's contracture, 266 cause, 267 illustrative case, 268 prognosis, 265 symptoms, 270 treatment, 271 operative, 271 Vomiting following head injuries, 47 V-shaped pad in fracture of humerus, 181, 202 Walton (quoted), hysteroid semicon- sciousness, 24 reduction of dislocation of cervical vertebrae, 94, 650 708 INDEX Walton, spinal cord, transverse lesion of, in Warbasse, ambulatory treatment (Dollinger's method), 637 Watery discharge from nose or ear in fracture of base of skull, 32 Whitman (quoted), fracture of neck of femur in childhood, 408 Whitman's method of treating frac- ture of hip, 398 Wiring fractured bones of jaw, 74, 79 Wiring fractured bones of olecranon,. 320 of pelvis, 132 teeth together in fracture of jaw, 79^ Woodbury, ambulatory treatment at Roosevelt Hospital, 638 Woolsey, ambulatory treatment, 638 Wounds of open fractures, cleansing. Wrist, dislocation of, backward, 337 sprain of, 335 Wrist -drop, 196. 