CHAPTER IV.

DISLOCATIONS.

_General rules._—Of the lower jaw.—Of the clavicle.—Of the shoulder; signs of dislocation into the axilla; when beneath the clavicle; when behind the scapula. Modes of reduction; by the heel in the axilla; by simple extension. The clove-hitch knot.—Of the elbow, signs when both bones go backwards; distinctions between dislocation and fracture near the elbow; the mode of reduction by the knee inside the fore-arm; by extension at the wrist.—Of the radius, only, by extension at the wrist.—Of the thumb and fingers; handle for commanding the phalanx.—At the hip; signs of dislocation backwards, reduction by extension; by manipulation or leverage; signs of dislocation downwards, mode of reduction; signs of dislocation on to the pubes, mode of reduction.—Of the knee; incomplete, lateral, and posterior; mode of reduction.—Of the patella, mode of reduction.—Of the foot, mode of reduction 94-110

Scarpa’s shoes.—Varieties of talipes; equinus, varus, valgus; points to be attended to in fitting the shoe.—Casting in plaster of paris 111-114