The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . n the act of simple extension, in the fullest confidence of thedisposition of the joint to right itself if the obstacles be removed. Dislocation of the Jaw.—This accident arises from yawning mgaping, or from a blow on thechin when the mouth is wideopen. It may affect one or bothBides. Fig. 216 represents theappearance of the mouth in adislocation of both mouth remains wide open,the saliva runs constantly, andthere is often alarming but not (daagerous pain. Treatment.—The reduction iseasily affected. Place t
The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . n the act of simple extension, in the fullest confidence of thedisposition of the joint to right itself if the obstacles be removed. Dislocation of the Jaw.—This accident arises from yawning mgaping, or from a blow on thechin when the mouth is wideopen. It may affect one or bothBides. Fig. 216 represents theappearance of the mouth in adislocation of both mouth remains wide open,the saliva runs constantly, andthere is often alarming but not (daagerous pain. Treatment.—The reduction iseasily affected. Place two piecesof soft wood, or large corks, asfar back between the teeth aspossible, to act as fulcrum*; then,while the head is held by an as-sistant, press the chin steadilyuprcard and backward. Another method is : place thethumbs on the back teeth, andthe palms of the hands and fin-gers on the sides and under sur-face of the jaw; then press downward with the thumbs, and forwaidand upwa-d «ith the hands; the thumbs must be removed as the join!?laps in its DISLOCATION OF THF AW. «88 3URGERT. Dislocation or the Clavicle.—The collor-bone niny be dis-placed at. its sternal or scapular Fig. 217.
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