The practice of surgery . Splint, ready for application. recumbent; and, having been well padded, more especially at the pointswhere pressure is likely to be greatest—at the trochanter, external con-dyle, and malleolus—it is made one with the limb, as it were, either bybandaging, or by the swathing of a broad linen sheet. Then a soft Fig. The Spliut applied. shawl, or other suitable band, is passed beneath the perineum, on theaffected side ; and has both its ends tied on the upper end of the splint—there being two holes placed there for this purpose. A broad bandageor belt is also applie
The practice of surgery . Splint, ready for application. recumbent; and, having been well padded, more especially at the pointswhere pressure is likely to be greatest—at the trochanter, external con-dyle, and malleolus—it is made one with the limb, as it were, either bybandaging, or by the swathing of a broad linen sheet. Then a soft Fig. The Spliut applied. shawl, or other suitable band, is passed beneath the perineum, on theaffected side ; and has both its ends tied on the upper end of the splint—there being two holes placed there for this purpose. A broad bandageor belt is also applied firmly round the pelvis, so as to bind the splintmore securely on the limb, and keep the broken surfaces in tightening the perineal band, from time to time, the splint is forceddownwards; the splint, having been made of a piece with the limb,brings the latter with it; and thus such extension is made, as is likelyto prevent retraction by the muscles, and to maintain the limb of itsproper length. Indeed, in practice, it is well to have the extensionsuch as to make a seeming elongation on the affected side. On resump-tion of the erect posture, and use of the limb, such lengthening soondisappears. 650 FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR. [A modification of the splint originally recommended by Desault, andone which is certainly much sup
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