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This injury, formerly thought to be very rare, since the introduction of the X-ray appears to be of fairly frequent occurrence. The account of another case follows. The patient, a telegraph lineman, thirty years old, presented himself for treatment at the Roosevelt Hospital Dispensary on June 20, 1904, and gave this history: Four weeks previously he had fallen from a telephone pole to the ground, striking on his left hip and wrist. He was carried to the hospital and presumably was treated for contusions by rest in bed for two weeks. Since then he has limped, and. has had pain in his hip, and pain and disability in his wrist. He applies for treatment for his wrist. Examination showed thickening of carpus and inability to flex or to extend the fingers. Passive extension of the middle finger was especially painful and difficult. Motion at the wristjoint and supination of the hand were restricted. A skiagram was taken, and some passive motion was done. The course of the case appears in the record.

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