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Fig. 9.17. Two common fractures. Top, break of the collar bone (clavicle), 

 arrows showing the force of breakage. Bottom, section of a hand showing a break 

 in the "wrist"; actually the end of the radius causes a displacement of the wrist 

 and disturbance of the joint. (Courtesy, Blakistons New Gould Medical Diction- 

 ary. Philadelphia, The Blakiston Company, 1949.) 



