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friends to fend him to the infirmary at Mancheffer : 
he was accordingly brought thither the Chriflmas 
following, and admitted an in-patient. Upon ex- 
amination, we found it to have been a fimple oblique 
fracture, and that the ends of the bone rode over each 
other. His arm was become not only entirely ufelefs, 
but even a burthen to him, and not likely to be 
otherwife, as there was little probability, that it would 
ever unite, it being now near fix months fince the 
accident happened. 
Amputation was therefore propofed as the only 
method of relief ; but I could not give my content to 
that j for, as the boy was young, and had a good 
conftitution, it was hardly poflible that it could be 
owing to any fault in the folids or fluids, but that 
cither nature was difappointed in her work by frequent 
fridtion, while the callus was forming, or rather that 
the oblique ends of the bone being fharp, had divid- 
ed a part of a mufcle, and fome portion of it had 
probably infinuated itfelf betwixt the two ends of the 
bone, preventing their union. Which ever of thefe 
might be the cafe, I was of opinion, that he might be 
relieved by the following operation ; viz. to make a 
longitudinal incifion down to the bone, to bring out 
one of the ends of it (which might be done with 
great eafe, as the arm was very flexible), and cut off 
the oblique end, either by the faw or cutting pincers, 
then to bring out the other end of the bone, and cut 
off that likewife; afterwards to replace them end to 
end, and then treat it intirely as a compound frac- 
ture. 
The objections, made by the other gentlemen con- 
cerned to this propofal were, iff, The danger of 
wounJing 
