. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Sayres dressing for fracture of theclavicle. First strip applied. Sayres dressing for fracture of theclavicle. Second strip applied. the loop sufficiently open not to constrict the arm. Thearm is then drawn downward and backward until theclavicular portion of the pectoralis major muscle is putsufficiently upon the stretch to overcome the action of thesterno-cleido-mastoid muscle, and in this way draws thesternal fragment of the clavicle down to its place. Thestrip of plaster is then carried completely around the body FRACTURES OF THE CLAVICL
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Sayres dressing for fracture of theclavicle. First strip applied. Sayres dressing for fracture of theclavicle. Second strip applied. the loop sufficiently open not to constrict the arm. Thearm is then drawn downward and backward until theclavicular portion of the pectoralis major muscle is putsufficiently upon the stretch to overcome the action of thesterno-cleido-mastoid muscle, and in this way draws thesternal fragment of the clavicle down to its place. Thestrip of plaster is then carried completely around the body FRACTURES OF THE CLAVICLE. 367 and pinned or stitched to itself on the back (Fig. 260).The second strip is next applied, commencing upon thefront of the shoulder of the sound side ; thence it is carriedover the top of the shoulder diagonally across the back,under the elbow, diagonally across the front of the chestto the point of starting, where it is secured by pinning ortewing. A slit is made in this strip to receive the pointof the elbow. Before the elbow is secured by
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