Fig. 59. — Site for deep intramuscular injection. The needle is plunged inward and 

 downward at a point selected anywhere on the line C Z>, which indi<-ate.s a region in the 

 upper outer quadrant of the buttock free of large ve.ssels and nerves. The line C D les 

 two finger breadths below the iliac crest; the point C located on the vertical line -4 tf 

 erected midway between the tuberosity of the ischium and the great trochanter of the 

 femur. 



