Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . E. Composition. — Two pads to be placed, oneabove and the other below the knee, each aboutfive inches wide, and long enough to pass half-way round the limb: the pads are connected bytwo short straps, and buckles ; — five straps, withbuckles, to pass round the limb, three above andtwo below the knee, in order to fix them;—along strap, to pass from the upper pad, to whichit should be fastened, along one side of the legand under the foot to meet a buckle attached tothe same pad on the other side ; — a properly-padded straight splin
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . E. Composition. — Two pads to be placed, oneabove and the other below the knee, each aboutfive inches wide, and long enough to pass half-way round the limb: the pads are connected bytwo short straps, and buckles ; — five straps, withbuckles, to pass round the limb, three above andtwo below the knee, in order to fix them;—along strap, to pass from the upper pad, to whichit should be fastened, along one side of the legand under the foot to meet a buckle attached tothe same pad on the other side ; — a properly-padded straight splint to extend along the thighand leg ; — and lastly, a handkerchief, or a bandabout three-quarters of a yard long. Application. — A shoe is first to be applied uponthe patients foot, furnished at the sides with twosmall loops,//, and the leg extended upon thepadded splint, e, after which the pads, a b, areplaced above and below the knee, and secured,together with the splint, by means of the fivestraps mentioned above ; the fragments are then Fig. to be brought into close contact by means of theshort strap, c, and the long strap, d, which shouldpass through the loops of the shoe. The lower MINOR SURGERY. 257 part of the splint is maintained against the leg bymeans of the handkerchief or band. FRACTURES OF THE LEG. Fractures of one or both bones of the leg, withthe exception of the lower end of the fibula, arewith us usually treated in the same way. In these,as in other fractures, various means have beenproposed, but as the most simple one has seldomor ever been known to fail, we shall confine our-selves to a description of it. HOSPITAL APPARATUS. This is Composed of an ordinary pillow, and afracture-box. The fracture-box is made of fourpieces of wood, the bottom one,extending from theknee to a little beyond the heel, has fastened to itslower end a perpendicular piece for the foot: to itssides are fastened by hinges, two lateral pieces aboutseven inches wide, and
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