On contractions of the fingers (Dupuytren's and congenital contractions) and on "hammer-toe" . Fig. 9.—Retentive metal splint to be used when the little finger alone is contracted. A,elongated metacarpal Plate, held in position by strap D, passing over wrist. B, phalangeal exten-sion with lateral trough. This like the other phalangeal extensions, should have a sharpbayonet bend from the metacarpal Plate. C, strap and buckle passing the first phalanxwith a thick dorsal pad attached. Fig. 10.—Retentive metal splint for the little finger. The letters correspond to tliose usedin Fig. 9, show
On contractions of the fingers (Dupuytren's and congenital contractions) and on "hammer-toe" . Fig. 9.—Retentive metal splint to be used when the little finger alone is contracted. A,elongated metacarpal Plate, held in position by strap D, passing over wrist. B, phalangeal exten-sion with lateral trough. This like the other phalangeal extensions, should have a sharpbayonet bend from the metacarpal Plate. C, strap and buckle passing the first phalanxwith a thick dorsal pad attached. Fig. 10.—Retentive metal splint for the little finger. The letters correspond to tliose usedin Fig. 9, showing the splint as applied to the little finger. The thick dorsal pad is wellshown in this illustration, as well as the trough formed by lateral wings, corresponding tothe second phalanx. new ones substituted, of a much lighter and moreconvenient form, as represented in Figs. 7, 8, 9, and10. The dorsal splint has been abandoned, and asmaller palmar splint substituted, varying in shapeaccordiug to the fingers involved. In these splints AFTER-TBEATMENT. G5 tlie digital prolongations are a
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