A case of dislocation of the ulna forwards at the elbow, without fracture of the olecranon process : with observations / by Edwin Canton.

  • Canton, Edwin, 1817-1885.
Date:
1860
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Credit: A case of dislocation of the ulna forwards at the elbow, without fracture of the olecranon process : with observations / by Edwin Canton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DISLOCATION OF THE ULNA FORWARDS AT TIIE ELBOW, WITHOUT FRACTURE OF THE OLECRANON PROCESS; WITH OBSERVATIONS. EDWIN CANTON, F.R.C.S.E, SURGEON TO THE CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL, AND LECTURER ON SURGICAL ANATOMY. From the Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science, August, 1860. “ There is no joint in the body which, under accident, requires more anatomical and physiological knowledge than the elbow,—particularly in dislocation,—where the force required to separate the bones must necessarily be so violent as to produce extensive tumefaction of the soft parts, and conceal the relative position of the natural eminences of the joint which can alone lead to a correct judgment of the injury. Swelling, pain, and loss of motion, are not the signs by which the true nature of the accident can he comprehended; but the fixedness of the joint, and the change of the position of the condyles of the humerus with the olecranon process of the ulna, are the best indications of the displacement of the articulatory surfaces of the elbow- joint.”—B. Cooper, Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery, p. 343. London: 1851. So rare is dislocation of the ulna forwards at the elbow- joint without a simultaneous fracture of the olecranon process, that many authors have denied the possibility of its occur- rence:—e. g. Petita, Boyerb, Monteggiac, Sansond, Berarde, Savaryf, S. Cooper^, B. Phillips11, Chelius'. The following writers tacitly agree with the above, by making no mention of this form of injury:—Vidal (de Cassis}1, Dupuytrenk, Sir A. » Maladies des Os, tom. i., p. 236. Paris : 1772. b Traite des Malad. Chirurg., tom. ii., p. 379. Paris: 1818-26. c Institut. Chirurg., vol. v., p 71. Napoli: 1825. d Nouv. Elem. de Pathol. Med. Chir., tom. iv., p. 623. Paris : 1828. e Diet, de Med. Art. “ Coude.” f Diet, de Scien. Med. Art. “ Coude.” e First Lines of Surgery, p. 700. London : 1840. h Lectures on Surgery, Medical Gazette, July 10, p. 615. London : 1810. ‘ System of Surgery, vol. i. p. 788. Translated by South. London : 1847. i Traite de Pathol, ext. Paris : 1839. k Surgical Works. A