Fat Embolism in Four Patients Treated for Fractures

J.H., a man aged 24 years, was knocked down by a car and admitted to hospital on January 13, 1961. His injuries were:a comminuted fracture of ,he mid-shaft of the right femur, an open comminuted fracture of the shaft of the right tibia, a fractured right fibula, a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee, and a fracture of the base of the terminal phalanx of the right hallux. His femur was reduced and immobilised on a splint on the day of admission. The following day an open reduction and screwing of the fractured right tibia