Fractures and dislocations / by T. Pickering Pick.

  • Thomas Pickering Pick
Date:
1885
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    be felt projecting posteriorly. When dislocation takes place forwards there is an increased transverse diameter of the pelvis. The anterior superior spine of the ilium projects in front. There is in some cases slight ever- sion of the foot. Treatment.—An attempt at reduction should be made in all cases by fixing the pelvis and making steady extension. Occasionally the bone wUl recede into its place with a very audible snap. The patient must afterwards be kept perfectly quiet on his back, with the pelvis fixed by a broad belt or bandage.* CHAPTER lY. dislocations op the lower extremity Dislocations of the Hip. The hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint, enjoying great variety and freedom of motion, which it possesses to a certain extent at the expense of its safety. Accordingly we find that this joint is more frequently dislocated than any other joint in the body, -with the exception of the other large ball- and-socket joint, the shoulder. Dislocation of the hip is, nevertheless, incomparably less frequent than that of the shoulder, (1) on account of the shape of the articular surfaces, a large segment of a small sphere articulating with a deep cup-shaped cavity; (2) on account of the strong ligaments by Avhich the bones are united, and the muscles by which it is surrounded and braced; and (3) on account of tlie • .S'<e an interesting memoir on Dislocation of the Bones of the Pelvis, by Dr. Kalleron, who records three cases; Archivti OiniruJ.ei de MMccine, July and August, 1872.