Certain Injuries of the Wrist That Are Frequently Overlooked

Some of the injuries of the wrist and foot which appear trivial often pass undiagnosed. These injuries are as common in the civilian as in soldier, but the civilian, thinking the lesion to be of very minor nature, hardly ever consults the doctor. Even when he does so, the average general practitioner, not having the benefit of z-ray at his disposal, is liable to miss the exact pathological lesion. Whereas every case of injury in the army, however trivial it may be, is seen by a medical officer who has an x-ray apparatus at his disposal to confirm