gso ESSAYS anp OBSERVATIONS 
could be depended upon, of fuch a luxa- 
tion as he defcribed: ‘To which the fur- 
geon replied, “ Sir, if you will not be- 
*‘ lieve me, you will belicve your own 
* eyes and fingers prefently.” 
THE novelty of the cafe brought all the 
phyficians and {urgeons to the Infirmary. 
A fkeleton was fetched, and great care 
taken, by a ftrict inquiry into circum- 
{tances, to fatisfy all prefent, that the 
bone was not broken, but really and fair- 
ly diflocated. There is no reafoning a- 
gaintt faéts: The toes and knee were turn~ 
ed outwards, the difabled limb was long- 
er than the found, the hip-joint utterly 
inflexible, and the round large head of 
the bone lay obvious to the fight and 
touch in the groin, 
THE next inquiry was, how this diflo- 
cation ithouid be reduced. All were call- 
ed to coniultation; not one of the phy- 
ficians or furgeons had eyer feen the cafe 
before. Some of the principal books of 
modern furgery were looked into ;, but 
one and all defcribed the reduction, and 
recommended extenfion in fuch a general, 
languid, 
