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I. Part of a Letter from Deverel Surgeon at 
Briftol 3 concerning a Cafe in Chirurgery y which 
is commonly miftahen for a FraBure of the Pa- 
tella. 
R ICHARD BVRT, a Gardiner, living with Mrs. 
Lloyd of Stoke near Briftol, was thrown from his 
Horfe, and in the fall receiv’d fuch a hurt in one of 
his Knees as made him incapable of remounting : He 
felt fomewhat crack in that Knee fas he exprefs’d it) 
before it touch’d the ground. Upon examining the 
Part I found (as 1 then thought) the ends of the 
broken Bone drawn above four fingers diftance from 
each other : But upon a ftri&er examination of the 
parts, I found the Patella, (which was drawn upwards 
by the extenforsof the Leg) retain’d its natural Figure, 
and that the hardnefs which was felt below was the 
end of the torn Ligament that ties it to the Tibia. 
The ends of the Ligament were brought as near as 
pollible, and kept fo about three Weeks without any 
very remarkable accident intervening. He then began 
to walk, which was a little too foon, caufing thereby 
fome pains, and loolening the Cicatrix, which made 
it the longer before it was perfectly firm; however he 
walks without any perceptible lamenefs. I have met 
with two others in the fame cafe, the one a Perfon of 
diftin<3ion, who has not met with the good Fortune of 
walking fo well as fhe ufed, tho’ not for want of all 
the care and circumfpedfcion imaginable ; for it is hardly 
to be expe&ed that one in ten, to whom this Acci- 
dent happens, fnould ever go right/it being next to 
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