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VARIETIES OF DISTORTION OF THE NECK. 
be fractured, and their surroundings infiltrated with blood. There was 
no injury either to the bodies of the vertebrae, the spinal cord, or its 
covering, nor had bleeding occurred into the vertebral canal. The 
Fig. / 0 .- Subluxation of the third cervical vertebra, as seen from the left side. 
torticollis was clearly not the mere result of fracture, but of haemorrhage, 
producing paralysis of the cervical nerves. Labat saw a similar case. 
In the same year a thoroughbred was sent to Moller, which had fallen 
and produced distortion of the neck in the region of the 2nd and 3rd 
Fjg. 71.—Subluxation of the third cervical vertebra, as seen from the right side. 
vertebrae. The swelling, which had at first been considerable, had 
mostly disappeared. On the left side, between the 2nd and 3rd cervical 
vertebrae, a distinct prominence was seen (fig. 70) ; whilst at the 
corresponding point on the right, a depression existed sufficiently large to 
accommodate the two hands when extended (fig. 71). The condition was 
doubtless due to subluxation between the 2nd and 3rd cervical vertebne. 
