FEACTURE OF THE PELVIS. 



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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- 



Fig. 120. — Fracture of point of the hip on^off side. 



.sequently in fracture of the shaft ol the ilium, it will more or less 

 yield to the pull of the muscles which are attached to it. With the 

 hand in the rectum (p. 392), the displaced condition of the broken 

 ends of the bone can be felt. (3) Crepitation. The sound or feel- 



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