A Case of Compound Comminuted Fracture of Right Femur, with Some Laceration of the Soft Parts; Recovery without the Performance of Amputation
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a compound comminuted fracture of the right thigh-bone, caused by a fall from a high mangoe tree. The upper fragment of the broken bone protruded nearly 1^ inch through an opening about 1^ inch long in the soft parts of the middle of the thigh in front, and fragments of bone could be felt moving in the soft parts; the pulse was 90; haemorrhage had nearly ceased before admission. I took into consideration, in this case, the youth and the re-
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