Remarks on INJURIES ABOUT THE ELBOW IN CHILDREN *

rare to examine patients of all ages who have had prolonged treatment with arms fixed at awkward angles, which allow only limited movements in positions quite incompatible with useful function. This is not always due to negligence ; indeed, it is often due to unnecessary and mistaken activities on the part of the surgeon. Although in the vast majority of injuries of the elbow we can expect excellent results, it is a wise precaution to be conservative in our predictions, for failure will be experienced now and again. We should, from the first, try to visualize possibilities and memorize happenings. This is not difficult when the deformities apparent in the neglected cases -are recalled ; there is limitation of movement in all of them, some being practically ankylosed. The joint is usually held at an obtuse angle, and frequently