American practice of surgery : a complete system of the science and art of surgery . aFig. 2S. — Sayres Dressing for Fractured Clavicle. «, First strap; b. firs* and second straps. to the chest with a single turn of a roller bandage. The elbow should be raisedslightly by means of a cushion, to aid in keeping the shoulder pushed upwardand backward. Sayres dressing (Fig. 28) is widely used in this country and elsewhere. Iwould lay stress upon the importance of joining with it the employment of anappropriate axillary pad. Such a pad. made of horsehair or wool, covered withmuslin, should measure 6
American practice of surgery : a complete system of the science and art of surgery . aFig. 2S. — Sayres Dressing for Fractured Clavicle. «, First strap; b. firs* and second straps. to the chest with a single turn of a roller bandage. The elbow should be raisedslightly by means of a cushion, to aid in keeping the shoulder pushed upwardand backward. Sayres dressing (Fig. 28) is widely used in this country and elsewhere. Iwould lay stress upon the importance of joining with it the employment of anappropriate axillary pad. Such a pad. made of horsehair or wool, covered withmuslin, should measure 6 inches long, 5 inches wide, and from H to 1 inchthick at the base; it should have a firm consistence should be placed well upin the axilla, with the apex directed downward, and should be secured in placeby strips passing over either shoulder. Sayres dressing is applied as follows:The surgeon, standing behind the patient, reduces the fracture by pulling theshoulders fit inly backward and upward. An assistant, taking the end of along strip of mole-skin adhesive plaster, three t
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