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Download or read book The Clinics of John B. Murphy, M.D, Vol. 3 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Clinics of John B. Murphy, M.D, Vol. 3: At Mercy Hospital, Chicago What is a Pott's fracture? A Pott's fracture is an eversion fracture. It is always an eversion fracture, never an inversion fracture. What do we mean by an eversion fracture? It is a fracture of the lower end of the fibula that is produced by the foot turning outward when the injury is sustained. What hap pens when the foot turns outward? The external surface of the astragalus presses against the tip of the external malleolus, and the fibula breaks primarily. If the interosseous ligament is strong, the fibula breaks within the first 2% inches above the tip of the external malleolus, otherwise only the tip of the fibula is broken off on a line with the tibio - astragaloid articulation, as in the case before us today. In a typical Pott's fracture the fibula fractures high up. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.