It hastens the decay of vegetable matter, and the finer comminution of the earthy parts of the soil.
The presence of too much water, by excluding the oxygen of the air, prevents the comminution of matters necessary to fertility.
Why does it hasten the decay of roots, and the comminution of mineral matters?
If there is extensive comminution of the os calcis or astragalus, the malleoli may be a little lower than normal.
Comminution of the anterior half of the os calcis.
All the cases of extensive comminution of the bones; the bone is literally shattered.
The variety of fractures is considerable, varying from two large fragments, to complete comminution of the bone.
And the deeply Red Colour of Vitriol appear'd in the same Microscope (notwithstanding the great Comminution effected by the Fire) but like Grossy beaten Brick.
The most serious and permanent injuries of this nerve are associated with fractures of the humerus, especially those from direct violence attended with comminution of the bone.
If, in addition, there is extensive destruction of large muscular masses or of important tendons, or comminution of the bones, amputation is usually imperative.
But this chemical comminution must be aided by mechanical operations; the first of which is called the potter's sloping or wedging.
In some cases there is impaction, and in others comminution of the fragments.
By attentive manipulation, comminution and vertical splitting may also be detected.
Comminution of the head of the bone, with displacement of the fragments, is not uncommon.
This formation appears to be the diluvial residuum or ultimate wash, which arranged itself agreeably to the laws of its own gravitation, on the recession of the watery element, to which its comminution is clearly due.
There are few operations of nature where the effect seems more disproportioned to the cause than in the comminution of rock in the channel of swift waters.
The amount of comminution appeared slight, but, from its vicinity to the joint, the great swelling about the limb, and desire to avoid aggravating pain, the precise condition of fracture was not further ascertained.
Although there may be no communication with an external wound, however, there is often great comminution of the bone in these accidents.
The cases where comminution has resulted from the track of a ball across the skull generally present less unfavorable results than those where a single fissured fracture, extending through both tables, exists.
In the astragalus the central hard core extending upwards from the interosseous groove, as increasing resistance, I think accounted for the fact that comminution was more marked in this bone than in any other.
The most severe that I saw were two in which lateral impact by a bullet crossing the cranial cavity caused general comminution of the whole orbital roof.
The density of these small bones was well illustrated by the frequency with which the bullet suffered injury, even amounting to fragmentation, and the great comminution they themselves suffered.
It shows the usual tendency of the fissures to stop short of the articular ends of the long bones] The degree and nature of the comminution also vary with the directness of impact on the part of the bullet.
Comminution at the wound of entry was, as a rule, not so extensive as at the aperture of exit, and in any case was less apparent, since the fragments were driven inward.
Examination of any of the skiagrams in which considerable comminution has taken place, shows that the fragments are carried forward and perforate the tissues distal to the fracture.
Experience in fracture of the limbs has shown a tendency to quiet necrosis when comminution was severe, in spite of primary union.
Fragmentation of the bullet was comparatively common when the metacarpal bones were struck, also free comminution of a somewhat coarser variety than that seen when bones offering greater resistance were struck.
Behind the wound of exit comminution of the parietal bone, extending back to the lambdoid suture, existed.
The comminution of the upper portion of the fracture is very fine; the bullet has merely cut its way down the lower portion, and one or two long fragments are separated.
This would naturally be expected from the extreme degree the comminution of the bone often reached, and the consequently large amount of callus developed.
But there is nothing in the narrative that would lead us to suppose either a comminution or dissolution of the earth, or the elevation of the ocean's bed.
In the almost impalpable powder that sometimes constitutes the rocks, we can trace the slightest erosion and comminution of the strata from which the deposit was worn.
That muscle which is most employed in the comminutionof the food, namely, the temporal muscle, has its action very much limited by the position of the bony socket of the eye; yet sufficient room is left for all the force that can be required.
The lips also secrete the saliva, a fluid that is indispensably necessary for the proper comminution of the food.
The calcareous sand arising from the comminution of corals forms dunes on some of the West India Islands.
There are few operations of nature where the effect seems more disproportioned to the cause than in the crushing and comminution of rock in the channel of swift waters.
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