Note 22 — A TREATISE (continued 4)

(La longueur, l’epaisseur, et la direction.) That is, the thigh may be shorter than natural, owing to the ends of the broken bone overlapping each other; it may have a protuberance on one side, in consequence of these ends being separated or displaced laterally; or the direction of the limb may be changed, by a bend or angle being produced in the bone at the place of the fracture. Trans.