CHAP. XLII. Of the thigh-bone dislocated forewards.
IT seldome happeneth that the thigh is dislocated forwards; yet when as it shall happen, it is knowne by these signes. The head of the thigh lyeth towards the share; whence the groines swell up, and the buttocke on the contrary is wrinkled and extenuated by reason of the contraction of the muscles; the patient cannot extend his leg without paine, no verily, not so much as bend it to∣wards the groine, for that the fore muscle which ariseth from the haunch-bone, is so pressed by the head of the thigh, that it cannot be distended; nei∣ther can the ham be bended without very much paine. But the lame legge is equall at the heel with the other leg, yet the patient cannot stand upon the setting on of the toes; therefore when he is forced to goe, hee toucheth the ground with his heel on∣ly, yea, verily the sole of his foot is lesse inclined to the fore side, neither doth it sel∣dome happen, that the urine, by this accident, is supprest; because the head of the thigh oppresses the greater nerves from whence those arise which are carryed to the * 1.1 bladder, which through the occasion of this compression is pained and inflamed by consent: now when inflammation shall seaze upon the Sphinct muscle, the urine can scarcely flow out, for that it is hindred by the swelling.