242 Complicated Fracture of the Trochanters. 



injury the bone had received were too feeble to 'have 

 effected any formation of bony substance, had even 

 the affected limb never been moved from its position 

 after the first replacement of the fractured parts. 

 On this point, however, speculative suggestions are all 

 that can be made ; but the case itself, so far as fact and 

 dissection go, is an interesting and an instructive one ; 

 since, if we argue from it by analogy, a breach of con- 

 tinuity in the bones of persons of enfeebled and de- 

 praved constitutions, similar to the ont which existed 

 so extensively in this case, may justly be considered as 

 a certain source of deformity and disease, or, perhaps, 

 of death itself. 



I am, dear sir, 



Your affectionate nephew, 



William P. C. Barton. 



Pennsylvania Hospital, March 1st, 1809. 



V. Facts and Observations relative to the Disease of 

 Cynanche Trachealis, or Croup. In a Letter to the 

 Editor, from Dr. Elisha C. Dick, of Alexan- 

 dria, Virginia. 



Alexandria, October 7, 1808. 



Dear Str, 



HAVING no satisfactory apology to offer for 

 the unreasonable length of time your favour of the 9th 

 of April has remained unanswered, I have only to pre- 

 sume on your indulgence, and make the best reparation 

 my power, by avoiding any further delay. 



