The injury to which I wish t o direct the attention uf surgeons, has not, as far as I know, been described by any autlior ; indeed, the form of the carpal extremity of tlie radii15 wonld rather incline 11s t o question its bcing hablc to fracture. The absence of erepitiis and of the other common synrptonry of frac*ture, together with the swelling which instantly arises in this, as in other injuries of the wrist, render the difficulty of ascertaining the real nature of the case very considerable.
" This fracture take. place a t about an inch nntl :t half above the carpal extremity of tlic, radius, and exhibits t h e following appearances.
'. If the \urgeon proceed to investigate the nature of this irijiiry~ he will find that the end uf tlic iilna atlniits of being readily nioved backwards and forwards.
'' On the posterio-wrface, he will discover by the touch that the swcllinq on the wrist. :rnd metacarpus, is not eaiiced entirel? by an cffusion among tlie softer parts ; he will p w c e i \ e that tlie ends of the metacarpal, :rnd second row of carpal bones, form no siriall *Eponym [ad. Gr. ~wiii,ui*os]. One w h o gives, or is supposed t o g i m , his name t o a people, place, or institution. Also in Lut. forrn: eponymus. (K.E.D., su3 ooce,)