The treatment of fractures . splint should be applied. It should extend fromthe axilla above to the metacarpophalangeal joints below. Thearm should be flexed to a right angle and the forearm semi-supinated (thumb upward) (see Fig. 262). Precautions in Using the Plaster-of-Paris Splint: The forearmshould be held in the corrected position by an assistant through-out the application of the plaster bandages. Two assistants will 198 FRACTURES OF THE HONES OF THE FOREARM facilitate the putting on of the plaster. The forearm and upperarm should be thinly covered with one layer of sheet wadding ;cotto
The treatment of fractures . splint should be applied. It should extend fromthe axilla above to the metacarpophalangeal joints below. Thearm should be flexed to a right angle and the forearm semi-supinated (thumb upward) (see Fig. 262). Precautions in Using the Plaster-of-Paris Splint: The forearmshould be held in the corrected position by an assistant through-out the application of the plaster bandages. Two assistants will 198 FRACTURES OF THE HONES OF THE FOREARM facilitate the putting on of the plaster. The forearm and upperarm should be thinly covered with one layer of sheet wadding ;cotton wadding should not be used. No salt should be used inthe water in which the plaster bandages are dipped. It willrequire about three or four bandages, three inches wide and fouryards long, for an ordinary muscular adult arm. The plasterroller should be applied deliberately, evenly, and snugly fromthe metacarpophalangeal joints to the axilla. Great lateral com-pression of the arm will be avoided if the bandage is applied as. Fig. 254.—Old fracture of both bonesof the forearm; pseudoarthrosis of fracture has united (X-ray tracing).
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