Fracture of the Carpal Scaphoid —A Radiological Study of Thirty Cases

a radiological department, such was my belief too; but it was not long before I had changed my views on the subject, and I hope that no apology is needed therefore for the publication on my part of a few notes on this interesting and common type of fracture. Our lack of knowledge on this subject is no doubt due to the fact that radiological examinations of ' sprained wrists' were very seldom done in the past, and that such fractures seldom produced more than mild symptoms which were quite compatible with ordinary sprains. Even to-day, when x-rays are within the reach of us all, it is no uncommon event for one to meet with a case sent for radiological examination of the wrist, only after conservative treatment for a sprained condition has been carried out for a couple of weeks or more. Fractures of the carpal scaphoid have been better recognized in the Army, obviously because, as a routine measure, all cases of sprained wrists are radio-