146 Injuries of Bone. 



B. Fractures of both hones at different places, i.e. hj indirect violence. 



3. 286. United Fracture of the Tibia a little below the 

 Middle, and of the Fibula a few inches hig-her.— 



Left tibia and shaft of fibula — macerated, showing the above. 



The line of fracture in the tibia inclines downwards 

 and inwards. 



The bones are each united at an angle, which projects back- 

 wards, j)robably due to forward pressure of the heel during the 

 treatment, B. C. i. 1. M. 35. 



3. 287. United Fracture of the Tibia low down, and of 



the Fibula near its Head. — Right tibia and fibula- 

 macerated, showing the above. 



The tibia has been broken at junction of its lower and 

 middle thirds, and the fibula just below the head. The line 

 of fracture in the tibia has been oblique from above and 

 outside, downwards and inwards. 



The lower fragments are rotated slightly outwards, and the 

 foot must have gone with them. 



The upper end of the tibia shows signs of arthritis 

 deformans, and the semi-lunar cartilages have been ossified. 



B. C. I. 1. M. 46. e. 



3. 288. United Fracture of the Tibia low down, and of 



the Fibula higher up. — Right tibia and fibula — macerated, 

 showing the above. 



The tibia has been broken at the junction of its lower and 

 middle thirds, and the fibula at the junction of its two upper 

 fourths. The fracture in each bone has been oblique from 

 above and outside downwards and inwards, and the broken 

 ends in each case overlap considerably. B. C. i. 1. M. 37. 



3. 289. United Fracture of the Tibia low down, and of 



