The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . ? *. r>WARD LUXATIOli DISLOCATIONS. 40, musculai system before attempting reduction. An and »erypleasant method of do:ng this is to envelop the patient in the wauowet-sheet pack, placing hot bottles to his feet and sides, and coveringhim well with bedding, the affected limb being sustained in an easy po-sition by pillows ; while in the pack the patient should drink abundantly of warm water, and after being sufficiently relaxed for the operation, he should be kept well covered in flannel blanket
The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . ? *. r>WARD LUXATIOli DISLOCATIONS. 40, musculai system before attempting reduction. An and »erypleasant method of do:ng this is to envelop the patient in the wauowet-sheet pack, placing hot bottles to his feet and sides, and coveringhim well with bedding, the affected limb being sustained in an easy po-sition by pillows ; while in the pack the patient should drink abundantly of warm water, and after being sufficiently relaxed for the operation, he should be kept well covered in flannel blankets to retain theheat and moisture, and prolong the relaxation. All of these hip dislo-cations can frequently be reduced hv the rotary, or Sweet plan ;but surgeons have a specific and sure! method for each the upward displacement the patient is laid on a table, or placed Fig. 344. REDUCTION OF UPWARD LUXATION. on a board, fig. 244, covered with a quilt or blanket; a strong counter-extending strap is passed between the legs—a sheet split in two, andfolded into the width of four or five inches, will answer; this is passedup before and behind the hip; so placed as to press upward on theperineum, at the inside of the dislocated limb, and fastened to someunyielding point. A wet bandage, of eight or ten turns, is applied•round the limb, above the knee, and to this the extending straps areattached. These are to be drawn upon by the assistants in the directline of the limb; or, what is better, attached to a pulley, so stationedthat the extension may draw in a direct line with the fastening of thecounter-extension. The force is to be steadily increased as long as thepatient can well bear it, then held stationary for a few moments, untilbe ceases to complain, then again increased, and so continued until thebead of the bone reaches the «d?e of the socket, when the su
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