A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Kirkbrides elbow splint. tinguished gentlemen who testified in defence of these surgeons, mustcompel us to admit the possibility of such accidents where the treat-ment has been skilful and faultless. Fier. 74. Fier. Welchs splint. The hinges may be transferred tosplints of different sizes. Treatment.—The splints geuerally employed in this country, in frac-tures about the elbow-joint, are simple angular side splints, withoutjoints, such as those recommended by Physick:1 angular pasteboard 1 Elements of Surgery, by John Syng Dorsey, Phila
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Kirkbrides elbow splint. tinguished gentlemen who testified in defence of these surgeons, mustcompel us to admit the possibility of such accidents where the treat-ment has been skilful and faultless. Fier. 74. Fier. Welchs splint. The hinges may be transferred tosplints of different sizes. Treatment.—The splints geuerally employed in this country, in frac-tures about the elbow-joint, are simple angular side splints, withoutjoints, such as those recommended by Physick:1 angular pasteboard 1 Elements of Surgery, by John Syng Dorsey, Philadelphia edition, vol. 145. BASE OF THE CONDYLES. 251 splints, felt, leather, gutta percha, &c., or angular splints with ahinge, such as Kirkbrides,1 Thomas Hewsons Days, or Roses, orthe more perfect and elegant angular splint of Welch. Kirkbrides splint, which has been used in the Pennsylvania Hos-pital in several instances, is composed of two pieces of board, connectedtogether by a circular joint, and having eyes on the inner edge, twoinches apart, and holes through the splint at graduated distancesbetween tbem. There is also a swivel eye, passing through the upperpart of the splint, and riveted below. A wire is fastened to the swivel,and bent at right
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