Abstract
To the Editor: A perusal of Dr. Boardman Marsh Bosworth's paper, "Complete Acromioclavicular Dislocation," which appeared in the August 11 issue of the Journal, prompts the following observations.Complete dislocation at the acromioclavicular joint is not invariably associated with avulsion of the coronoid and trapezoid ligaments, or as Dr. Bosworth calls them, the "coracoclavicular ligament." This statement is based on the work of Poirier and Rieffel, in their study entitled "Mécanisme des luxations sus-acromiales de la clavicule: leur traitement par la suture asseuse" (Arch. gén. de méd. 1: 396–422, 1891), and of Cadanat, in his article . . .

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