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■capsular fracture, and that, last of all, the neck was broken 

 close to the head. The adjacent surfaces of both fragments are 

 very irregular, but have been rounded off by vital processes. 



This specimen is figured in Bell's "Observations on Injuries of 

 the Spine and Thigh Bone," plate viii. fig. 3. 



B. C. I. 1. M. 16. 



3. 206. United Oblique Fracture above the Small Troch- 

 anter. — Upper end of the shaft of a right femur, with a section 

 through the head and neck, to illustrate the above — macerated. 

 The specimen was taken from a subject in the Dissecting Rooms. 

 The head, neck, and great trochanter have been split off 

 from the small trochanter and shaft. The upper fragment has 

 been tilted outwards, but not forwards. This displacement is 

 probably dependent upon the direction of the obliquity of the 

 fracture, which has run from within outwards and downwards, 

 leaving the psoas and iliacus muscles upon the lower fragment. 

 The spaces seen in the interior of the bone were filled by 

 a brown, jelly-like material. Bony union has been complete. 



G. C. 3255. 

 Presented hj Johnson Symington, F.R.C.S.E. 



S. 207. United Oblique Fracture above the Small Tro- 

 chanter. — Upper end of a right femur, head and neck wanting 

 — macerated, to illustrate the above. 



The line of fracture has begun at the back, about one inch 

 above the small trochanter, and has thence passed obliquely 

 downwards and forwards for three or four inches. In this 

 specimen also the direction of the obliquity has apparently 

 determined the displacement. 



The head, neck, and great trochanter have been obliquely 

 split off from the shaft and small trochanter. The upper 

 fragment is tilted forwards, and the two over-ride. 



G. C. 2276. 



