luxation
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The cause of the remaining 5% is the luxation of other bones than those of the vertebral column.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Upward luxation of the patella is characterized by the stiff-extended position of the leg.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Cause.—The accident of a luxation is less often encountered in the animal races than in man.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Such cases may be styled momentary luxation, whether they are due to a weakened condition of the patellar ligaments or spasmodic contraction of the crural muscles.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
For the bite of a mad dog, pax max, and adimax, were irresistible; and for a fractured arm or a luxation, araries, dandaries, denatas, and matas, would have set at defiance the most experienced chirurgeons.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
They know that fractures or luxations of the spine are mortal, but not fractures of the skull; and they likewise know, from experience, in what parts of the body wounds prove fatal.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
Dislocations and luxations are interchangeable terms, meaning the separation and displacement of the articulating surfaces of the bones entering into the formation of a joint.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
All dislocations, luxations and subluxations of bones and ligaments should be corrected by expert manipulation.
From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr
A cataplasm of the juice, with rye meal, is good against luxations and ruptures.
From Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
In temporary luxations, disarticulation is but momentary and spontaneous reposition always results; while a fixed luxation does not reduce spontaneously but remains luxated until reposition is effected by proper manipulation and treatment.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
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