1. From India a family is reported in which fifteen of fifty-seven were affected by the nail-patella syndrome. 2. Additional coincidental features not described previously were fiexion deformities of both hips and hyperextension of the interphalangeal joints of the fingers. 3. Patients affected by the condition do not always show the same blood group.
1. Seven cases of old unreduced anterior dislocation of the hip are reported. Six were complicated by myositis ossificans. 2. Four cases resulted from the fall of a heavy object on the lower back of a stooping person. 3. Trochanteric osteotomy in five cases not only corrected the deformity but gave stable, serviceable hips.
1. This case, in a girl, is the fourth case of ainhum to be reported from India. 2. The disease began in the big toe and later involved all the toes of the left foot.
