A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . traight position, the limb being laid m a padlock. kind of long box, and the extension being made wTith a weight and Dugas, of Augusta, Georgia, em-ploys the pulley and weight also, but uses the long side-splint instead ofthe Howe, of Boston, recommended a similar method in Gurdon Buck, of New York, uses the pulley, without the longside-splint. His perineal band is composed of india-rubber tubing, of one inch calibre, two feet in length, stuffed with bran or cottonlamp wick, and covered with canton flannel, which cov
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . traight position, the limb being laid m a padlock. kind of long box, and the extension being made wTith a weight and Dugas, of Augusta, Georgia, em-ploys the pulley and weight also, but uses the long side-splint instead ofthe Howe, of Boston, recommended a similar method in Gurdon Buck, of New York, uses the pulley, without the longside-splint. His perineal band is composed of india-rubber tubing, of one inch calibre, two feet in length, stuffed with bran or cottonlamp wick, and covered with canton flannel, which covering may berenewed as often as may be necessary. The extending bands or adhe-sive plasters terminating below the foot in an elastic rubber cord. Theweight necessary to make suitable extension will vary from five totwenty pounds. 1 Trans. Am. Med. Assoc, vol x. Keport on Deformities after Fractures. 2 Amer. Jonrn. Med. Sciences, vol. iv, p 330, 1829. 3 Southern Med. and Surg. Journ., Feb. 1854. 4 Howe, New Eng. Med. Journ., July, 1824. Fig. 170. 1). 428 FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR. William E. Horner, of Philadelphia, employed a long outside splintextending into the axilla, and padded, so as to avoid the necessity ofjunks; with fenestra,for extending and counter-extending bands; andalso a foot-piece; and a short inside splint, made to extend from theperineum to the bottom of the foot. Across the excavated upper end Fig. 171.
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