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	Colling
		Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes and for two castles, both named Breachacha Castle, the oldest dating from the fifteenth century.
		Abraham Colles (1773-1843) was professor of anatomy and surgery in Dublin.
		Colle served on the City of York municipal council from 1982 to 1985, and on the Metro Toronto Council as a York representative from 1988 to 1994.
	www.frozenup.com /pages9/19/colling.html (1016 words)

	Abraham Colles -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Abraham Colles (1773-1843) was professor of (The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals) anatomy and (The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures) surgery in (Capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Free State) Dublin.
		In 1811 he wrote an important treatise on surgical anatomy and some terms he introduced have survived in surgical nomenclature until today.
		He is remembered as a skillful surgeon and for his 1814 paper On the Fracture of the Carpal Extremity of the Radius; this injury continues to be known as (additional info and facts about Colles' fracture) Colles' fracture.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ab/abraham_colles.htm (133 words)

	Abraham Colles at AllExperts
		Abraham Colles (July 23, 1773 – 1843) was professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
		He also described the membraneous layer of subcutaneous tissue of the perineum, which came to be known as Colles' fascia.
		Colles' principle textbook was the two-volume Lectures on the theory and practice of surgery.He is regarded as the first surgeon to successfully ligate the subclavian artery.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/ab/abraham_colles.htm (529 words)

	Abraham Colles (www.whonamedit.com)
		Abraham Colles was born in Millmount, Kilkenny, Ireland, of humble origin.
		Colles had a state funeral, and on the day of his burial all students of medicine had the day off to honour his memory.
		On the fracture of the carpal extremity of the radius.
	www.whonamedit.com /doctor.cfm/1930.html (1288 words)

	sBMJ \| Beyond the name
		Abraham Colles was born on 23 July 1773 in Kilkenny, Ireland, where his father owned a large marble quarry.
		Colles' name became a household word in surgery after the publication of his paper On the Fracture of the Carpal Extremity of the Radius in 1814.
		Abraham Colles was said to be both generous and modest.
	www.studentbmj.com /issues/03/10/education/362.php (1292 words)

	Colles
		Colles was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, of humble origins.
		Nevertheless, he became professor of Surgery at the College of Surgeons in Dublin from the age of 29.
		He was the first to tie the subclavian artery, but is best known for his description of Colles' fracture, in 1814 (the same year as Monteggia).
	www.s2ortho.com /Pioneers/international/colles.htm (53 words)

	Abraham Colles (1773-1843)
		Abraham Colles nació en Kilkenny (Irlanda), el 23 de julio de 1773.
		Colles hizo otro tanto en Dublín, mencionando en cada etapa de la disección la aplicación práctica de las investigaciones anatómicas al uso quirúrgico.
		Colles describió, como hemos dicho, la fractura de la extremidad del radio ("On the fracture of the carpal extremity of the radius", Edimburgo, 1814).
	historiadelamedicina.org /colles.htm (1026 words)

	The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
		Colles described a fracture that was most likely extra-articular, sustained primarily by women who probably had too many children and not enough sunlight.
		Sir Abraham Colles had neither radiographs nor anesthesia at his disposal, nor the many other tools available to us, but he was indeed a pioneer of early intervention.
		Colles A. On the fracture of the carpal extremity of the radius.
	www.jbjs.org /Comments/2003/cp_nov03_ladd.shtml (2038 words)

	Journal of Orthopaedics
		Distal radial fractures are associated with a colorful history since their first description by Ponteau in 1783 and Abraham Colles in 1814.4 Still they continue to be one of the most common orthopedic injuries treated by Orthopedic Surgeons1.
		Colles A. "On the fracture of the Cerpal Extremity of the radius".
		Cooney W.P., Dobyns J.H. and Linscheid "Complication of colles fracture" Jr.
	www.jortho.org /2007/4/1/e8/index.htm (2295 words)

	Abraham Colles
		Abraham Colles was born at Milmount, near Kilkenny in Ireland in 1773, the son of a local marble quarrier.
		When he the book to the doctor, Dr Butler, he presented the book to the young boy and it was this incident that influenced Colles' choice of future profession.
		Colles' principle textbook was the two-volume Lectures on the theory and practice of surgery.
	www.surgical-tutor.org.uk /surgeons/colles.htm (381 words)

	Colles, Abraham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Colles was born in County Kilkenny and educated at Dublin and Edinburgh.
		Colles advocated the use of tin splints to stabilize the wrist after closed reduction of the fracture.
		Also named after him are Colles's fascia, Colles's space, the Colles ligament (of inguinal hernia), and Colles's law of the communication of (congenital) syphilis.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/biographies/MainBiographies/C/Colles/1.html (164 words)

	Colles' fracture - TheBestLinks.com - TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 1814, Surgeon, Ireland, ...
		Colles' fracture, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 1814, Surgeon, Ireland...
		A Colles' fracture is a fracture of the distal radius, most commonly caused by people falling forward onto a hard surface and breaking their fall with outstretched arms.
		It is named after Abraham Colles (1773-1843), an Irish surgeon who first described this in 1814.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Colles__27___fracture.html (151 words)

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		This is one of the first clinical descriptions of a cutaneous drug reaction and represented an important step forward to distinguish between the skin reaction due to the disease, and that due to a drug.
		Abraham Colles is known for the classical description of the "Fracture of the carpal extremity of the Radius".
		The term "Colles' Law" was used to describe his observation that Syphilitic Infants with oral lesions could not transmit the disease to their infected mothers, but were infective to previously healthy hired wet nurses indicating the immunity of previously infected individuals.
	www.chez.com /sfhd/ecrits/irish.htm (685 words)

	Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		The Colles' fracture was first described by Abraham Colles' in 1814.
		A Colles' fracture is the most common injury among adults until the age of 75.
		Colles' fractures traditionally have been managed by closed reduction and plaster splinting, but comminuted Colles' fractures are unstable and have a tendency to redisplace.
	www.pbcc.cc.fl.us /eissweb/vshaver/collesfx.htm (345 words)

	The Hand And Diseases Of The Hand
		This fracture was first accurately described by Abraham Colles in 1814 and is known as "Colles' fracture." Its history is a good illustration of the improvement we have made in the management of fractures of the bone in the hundred odd years that have supervened.
		Abraham Colles was born in Kilkenny and practiced surgery most of his life in Dublin.
		For a while Colles' fracture was much more frequent than now, because it was the usual injury that came from cranking an auto-mobile.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles32n/health-chats-85.shtml (1418 words)

	Ilizarov-Egypt Home page
		Colles' fascia is the inner layer of superficial fascia (Scarpa’s fascia) of perineum.
		Colles' fracture is a transverse fracture of the radius just above the wrist with displacement of hand dorsally and radially.
		Monteggia's fracture is a fracture of the proximal part of the ulna, frequently associated with dislocation of the radial head.
	www.ilizarov-egypt.com /whois.asp?WhoisId=14 (181 words)

	Untitled Document
		Colles fracture is the most common extension fracture pattern.
		The term was described by Abraham Colles in 1814.
		20 percent of patients with a colles fracture have residual symptoms.
	www.ijtonline.com /saderll.html (976 words)

	Broken Wrist (Colles Fracture) \| Hand & Wrist \| Injury A to Z \| PhysioRoom.com: Sports Injury Shop, News & Advice
		The term Colles fracture originated with the Dublin doctor Abraham Colles, who first described this common type of wrist fracture in 1814.
		The aforementioned 'dinner fork' deformity is usually present, together with wrist swelling and, as a result of the fracture, an inability to use the wrist and hand.
		If a Colles fracture is confirmed on x-ray, the initial treatment will be supervised by the doctor in the emergency department.
	www.physioroom.com /injuries/hand_and_wrist/colles_fracture_full.php (741 words)

	Amazon.com: abraham: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		The journeys of Abraham Lincoln: from Springfield to Washington, 1861, as president elect; and from Washington to Springfield, 1865,...
		Abraham's children by Kitty Jones Culwell (Unknown Binding - 1965)
		Abraham (Le chêne de Mambré) by Emile Moatti (Unknown Binding - 1992)
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=abraham&tag=540-20&index=books&link_code=qs&page=820 (548 words)

	Wrist Fractures & Dislocations, Houston, Texas - Dr. Evan Collins
		Among the most common type of fracture, the distal radius fracture affects the distal end (end towards the wrist) of the radius bone in the forearm - generally when the arm is used to break a fall.
		A distal radius fracture is also called Colles Fracture - named after the surgeon who initially described it, Abraham Colles.
		The radius is a forearm bone that runs between the wrist and the elbow.
	www.drevancollins.com /fractdis_wrist.html (1707 words)

	COLLES, Abraham.; Selections from the Works...consisting chiefly of his practical observations on the venereal disease, ...
		COLLES, Abraham.; Selections from the Works...consisting chiefly of his practical observations on the venereal disease, and on the use of mercury.
		Selections from the Works...consisting chiefly of his practical observations on the venereal disease, and on the use of mercury.
		Colles introduced small doses of mercury in the treatment of syphilis.
	www.ilab.org /db/book826_984.html (206 words)

	Medcyclopaedia - Colles' fracture
		(Abraham Colles, 1773 - 1843, Irish surgeon), a transverse Fracture
		: Relating to joints \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ');" href="/Home/library/glossaries/articular.aspx">articular surface occur with Colles' fractures.
		Complications of Colles' fractures include unstable reduction, incongruity of joints, subluxation of the distal radioulnar joint, compression of the median nerve, ulnar nerve injury, entrapment of flexor tendons, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, carpal malalignment and nonunion.
	www.medcyclopaedia.com /library/topics/volume_iii_1/c/colles_fracture.aspx (350 words)

	Colles’ fracture definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		Colles’ fracture definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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	UCC Preasráitis 2005
		He got that one wrong, according to Professor Lee, as mathematics and bioengineering are leading to a better understanding of the forces at work in bone fractures or breaks, and in predicting them.
		Colles also said that the function of anatomy was to describe the position of the various parts and to point out the subservience of anatomical knowledge to surgical practice.
		Colles (1773-1843), was the 6th Professor of Anatomy at the RCSI, and became its President in 1802 when only 28-years-of-age.
	www.ucc.ie /ga/NuachtagusImeachtaiarLeith/CartlannnabPreasraiteas/Preasraitis2005/Headline,8161,ga.html (538 words)

	eMedicine - Radius, Distal Fractures : Article by Browyn Richards, MD
		In 1813, Abraham Colles described the Colles fracture, which is reported to be the most common distal radial fracture.
		A Smith fracture is usually called a reverse Colles fracture because the distal fragment is displaced volarly.
		The carpal displacement distinguishes it from a Colles or Smith fracture.
	www.emedicine.com /radio/topic822.htm (4378 words)

	Colles Fracture
		Colles' fracture, a fracture of the lower end of the radius with displacement of the distal fragment dorsally
		Irish surgeon and anatomist, born July 23, 1773, Millmount near Kilkenny; died November 16, 1843.
		If cast immobilization is insufficient to repair the fracture, surgical intervention with internal fixation with pins, or a plate and screws may be necessary.
	www.e-radiography.net /radpath/c/colles_fracture.htm (195 words)

	WorldOrtho: History of Orthopaedics; page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		He is particularly remembered for his description in 1814 of the fracture that bears his name, Monteggia's fracture.
		Smith founded the Dublin Pathological Society with Colles, Graves, Corrigan and Stokes.
		In 1847, Smith wrote a classic book called A Treatise on Fractures in the Vicinity of Joints, and on certain forms of Accidents and Congenital Dislocations.
	www.worldortho.com /pg2.html (3488 words)

	abraham Search Results From Healthline
		ADA.org: ADA News: Dr. Abraham Kobren dies at age 88.
		When he the book to the doctor, Dr Butler, he presented the book to the young boy and it was...
		Abraham Jacobi (1830-1919) is often referred to as the "Father of American Pediatrics.
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	Distal Radius Fractures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		In 1814, Abraham Colles first described the classic silver fork deformity of the wrist.
		A Colles fracture occurs when the dorsal trabecular bone of the distal radius impacts into itself, resulting in angulation and shortening.
		Patients can expect pain to gradually diminish and wrist weakness to remain for 6 to 12 mo after the injury.
	www.painanddisability.com /Surgery/Fractures/Distal_Radius.html (273 words)

	Colles' Fracture, MedPix : 3162 - Medical Image Database and Atlas
		In 1814 Abraham Colles of Dublin described this common fracture based upon its clinical findings.
		He stated "this fracture takes place at about an inch and an half above the carpal extremity of the radius" and continued to describe a depression of the forearm at this site and swelling over the wrist and metacarpals.
		Clinically (as Colle described) there is marked wrist deformity and swelling.
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