Cases of Fracture of Left Humerus, and Dislocation of the Wrist-Joint

ruary, 1866, with compound fracture of left humerus, just above the condyle, and compound Colles' fracture of the same side. The fracture was owing to a fall, which the patient sustained on her left hand, from the verandah of a one-storied house. A portion of humerus, about one inch long, was denuded of periosteum, and protruded through a wound on the outer side, about two inches in length. The bone was reduced and the arm put on a splint. About 20 days after, the dead and lustreless bone was again protruding through the former wound, which had increased in size, and was sawn off whilst the patient was under the influence of chloroform. After a month the bone united, the fracture of the forearm got firm, motion of the elbow-joint remained perfect; iu fact, nothing remained to point to the grievous nature of the injury, except some roundness and swelling at the lower part of humerus ; this will disappear in time by absorption. The patient was discharged on the 2nd May, 1866.