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Both in the management and prevention of injuries in sportsmen a clear understanding of the aetiology as well as the pathology is required. Even when the exact mechanism of injury remains in doubt it should always be possible to determine the aetiological type. Logical treatment, to say nothing of prevention, is imnpossible unless the type of injury as well as its pathology is determined.
J. G. P. Williams (Thu,) studied this question.