FRACTUEE OF POINT OF HIP. 



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while bringing it outwards with a circular movement (2) Defor 

 mity and displacement. Figs. 120 and 121 show the respective 

 deformities seen in fracture of the point of the hip and point of the 

 buttock. In fracture of the shaft of the ilium, the point of the hip 



Fig. I20.— Fracture of point of the hip on ofif side 



will more or less drop downwards, thus causing marked flatness of 

 the quarter. I may explain that the point of the hip, unlike the 

 posterior iliac spine, which is strongly attached to the backbone, 

 IS unprovided with any bony support upon which to rest, and con- 



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