neck entirely absorbed; no union; no osseous deposits any
where.—Prof. Todd.
E. a. 539. Fracture of the neck of the femur inside the
capsule. The neck is gone; the head hollowed into a shell;
the trochanters and acetabulum nearly in contact: no ossific
union. The case of an old woman, who walked by the aid of
a stick in eight months after the accident.—Prof. Colles.
E. a. 540. Fracture of the left cervix femoris in an old man.
The parts are much like those in the preceding preparation._
Prof. Todd.
E. a. 541. Fracture of the neck of the left femur in a man.
The neck and head are both nearly gone. The capsular ligament
has become converted into a large bony case, by which
a sort of spurious anchylosis, with the pelvis, is established,
holding the loosened head in the centre of its cavity.—Idem.
E. a. 542. Fracture of the neck of the left femur. The
neck absorbed: no osseous union: masses of bone in the
neighbourhood.—J. W. Cusack, Esq.
E. a. 543. Fracture of the neck of the right femur, preserved
in spirits. The neck absorbed; no union. There is
ulceration of the acetabulum, with almost total destruction of
the ligamentum teres. The head, thus detached on all sides,
must have been nearly in the predicament of a foreign body
in the joint.—Prof. Kirby.
E. a. 544. Wet preparation of an old fracture of the neck
of the left femur within the capsule. The neck is gone, and
fibrous organized bands connect the fragments together. The
capsule is thickened, and inlaid with pieces of bone.—Prof.
Todd.
E. a. 545. Another specimen of the same kind. Numerous
insulated, thick, fleshy bands, about an inch in length, extend
from the one fractured surface to the other, without, however,
any ossific matter in them. The capsular ligament is of
great thickness and density. This old man hobbled about for
many years after the accident, and died of some other affection.—
Prof. Kirby.
E. a. 546. Fracture of the neck of the right femur, preserved
in spirits. The neck, and nearly all the head, have been absorbed.
There is no growth of any kind between the fractured
surfaces, which are in apposition; but a firm cartilaginous,
and partly bony case holds them in their places. This patient
was able to walk, though badly, after recovering from the
accident.—Idem.
E. a. 547. Another preparation of the same kind, from the
left side of an old man. Here the capsular ligament has acquired
great thickness and strength.—Philip Lucas, Esq.
E. a. 548. Head and part of the neck of a femur, broken off
from a fall on the hip : no history.
E. a. 549. Left thigh bone of a man from which the head
had been broken off. Masses of bone are formed around.
E. a. 550. Part of the left thigh bone of an old man, with
fracture of the neck. A great quantity of ossific matter, disposed
in an unusual manner, has been secreted about the trochanters,
and along the course of the posterior inter-trochanteric
line, but none whatever on the fractured surfaces.
E. a. 551. Large masses of bone formed around a fracture,
of the neck of the femur.—Prof. Todd.
E. a. 552. Impacted fracture of the neck of the femur,
nearly repaired by osseous union. The head and neck have
sunk down upon the shaft, and a rim of new bone has been
formed all round the line of the fracture, except at a point in
front, where the broken surfaces are exposed. The union
effected thereby is so strong, that in the preparation, which
is a macerated and dried bone, no motion between the fragments
can be produced.
E. a. 553. A perfect and beautiful instance of complete
bony union after fracture of the neck of the right thigh bone,
close to the trochanters, and in which the upper fragment