MEMOIR I.PAGE
On the Fracture of the Condyls of the lower Jaw,

[1]

MEMOIR II.
On the Fracture of the Clavicle,

[8]

Explanation of the first Plate,

[39]

MEMOIR III.
On the Luxation of the Clavicle,

[41]

 Luxation of the Sternal extremity,

[42]

         of the Humeral extremity,

[54]

MEMOIR IV.
On Fractures of the Acromion, and of the lower angle of the Scapula,

[57]

  Fracture of the Acromion,

[ib.]

      of the lower angle of the Scapula,

[63]

MEMOIR V.
On the Fractures of the upper end or neck of the Humerus,

[67]

MEMOIR VI.
On the Fracture of the lower extremity of the Humerus, with a separation of the Condyls,

[90]

MEMOIR VII.
On the Luxation of the Humerus,

[102]

MEMOIR VIII.
On the Fracture of the bones of the Fore-arm,

[146]

    Fracture of the Radius,

[160]

        of the Ulna,

[167]

        of the Olecranon,

[168]

MEMOIR IX.
On the Luxation of the Fore-arm,

[184]

MEMOIR X.
On the Luxations of the Radius over the Ulna,

[199]

    Luxation of the lower extremity of the Radius,

[204]

MEMOIR XI.
On the Fractures of the Thigh,

[214]

    Fractures of the body of the Os Femoris,

[215]

         of the upper end of the Os Femoris,

[258]

         of the great Trochanter,

[ib.]

         of the neck of the Os Femoris,

[260]

         of the lower extremity of the Os Femoris,

[280]

Explanation of the second Plate,

[291]

Thoughts on Luxations of the Os Femoris upward and forward,

[292]

MEMOIR XII.
On spontaneous Luxations of the Os Femoris,299
MEMOIR XIII.
On the Fracture of the Rotula,

[304]

MEMOIR XIV.
On the formation of foreign bodies in the joint of the knee,

[325]

Observations and Reflections on forms of Apparatus[1] for fractures of the leg,

[342]

MEMOIR XV.
On the Division of the Tendo Achillis,

[355]

MEMOIR XVI.
On the Fracture of the Os Calcis,

[374]

MEMOIR XVII.
On complicated Luxations of the Foot,

[379]

APPENDIX.
ARTICLE I.
Dr. Physick’s new and successful method of treating an old and obstinate fracture of the os humeri,

[403]

ARTICLE II.
An account of Dr. Physick’s improvement of Desault’s apparatus for making permanent extension in oblique fractures of the os femoris,

[407]

ARTICLE III.
Explanation of the third Plate,

[409]

PREFACE

BY THE TRANSLATOR.

The business of a translator, though very limited as to its range, may be extensive and important in its consequences, and, though humble in its end, is oftentimes extremely difficult in its nature. Prohibited from adding any thing to, or in any measure transgressing the bounds of, the meaning of his original, he is obligated to interpret that meaning with faithfulness and accuracy. In this latter point consists the difficulty of his task. If several different readers oftentimes attach as many different meanings to parts and sentences of works written in their own language, how much more likely will this be to occur with respect to such as are written in a foreign language? For readers to differ in the former case is common, in the latter unavoidable.

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