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SURGERY. 



sionally there is a dislocation of the phalanges of the fingers, but 

 more frequently the dislocation backwards of the first phalanx of the 

 thumb, upon the metacarpal bone. 



Fig. 13. 



Reduction is efiected by making extension in a curved line, by 

 means of a narrow bandage or tape, firmly applied by a clove-hitch 

 upon the phalangeal extremity. In some instances it may be neces- 

 sary to divide the lateral ligament. 



DISLOCATIONS OF THE FEMUR. 



Dislocations of the thigh may occur in five directions: — 1st, up- 

 wards and backwards, on the back of the ilium (Fig. 14) ; 2d, in- 



Fig. ]4. 



Fig. 15. 



