. Journal - American Medical Association . tent by first intention. There was no in- flammation of any character, and when he wasdischarged after three months there was firmunion ; the limb was as strong, he said, as certainly was a man restored to usefulnessby the wiring of the fragments when several othermethods had failed. THE MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF SYNOVITIS OF THE WRIST. BY CHARLES F. STILLMAN, , , OF CHICAGO, (MHMHER OF THE AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDICASSOCIATION.) In cases of a mild grade of inflammatory action,felt splints or immobile dressings may be used,but in those of a
. Journal - American Medical Association . tent by first intention. There was no in- flammation of any character, and when he wasdischarged after three months there was firmunion ; the limb was as strong, he said, as certainly was a man restored to usefulnessby the wiring of the fragments when several othermethods had failed. THE MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF SYNOVITIS OF THE WRIST. BY CHARLES F. STILLMAN, , , OF CHICAGO, (MHMHER OF THE AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDICASSOCIATION.) In cases of a mild grade of inflammatory action,felt splints or immobile dressings may be used,but in those of a more serious character, whentraction becomes necessary, it may readily beproduced, and fixation of the joint increased andmaintained by the use of two plain woodensplints extending from the base of the fingers tothe elbow (see fig. 2). These are to be notchedat each end and are not to be wider than the are to be placed one anteriorly and theother posteriorly, and are applied by means of ad-hesive plaster in the following manner :. Figure t. Select plaster of the moleskin varietj, and cutfour pieces in fan shape shown in fig. i. To thecenter of these attach, with needle and thread,strong webbing straps, each a trifle longerthan the wooden splints, and to the free extremi-ties of two of these straps, secure buckles of thesame width. These four adhesive plaster fansare next to be interlaced, two above the joint andtwo below, and the ends are to be drawn over tothe extremities of the splints, and buckled to-gether as shown in fig. 2. It will readily be seenthat the more tightlj these are drawn, the greaterthe traction will be upon that part of the wristbetween the interlacing adhesive plasters, andthus will be effected a true extension of the wristitself. These splints are to be secured by four or fivetransverse bands of adhesive plaster around thearm and hand (see fig. 2), and over all a rollerbandage is to be neatly applied. This method 344 PERITYPHUTIS STERCORALIS. [Mar
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