. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Sayres adhesive plaster dressing for fractureof the clavicle. First piece. The same. Second piece. two strips of stout adhesive plaster, each about three inches wide andlong enough to go once and a half around the body; one end of the firststrap is stitched closely about the arm just below the axilla, and theother carried around the chest from behind forward, as shown in The second strap is then carried from the top of the shoulder onthe uninjured side across the back, under the elbow, and along the fore-arm to the shoulder again (F
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Sayres adhesive plaster dressing for fractureof the clavicle. First piece. The same. Second piece. two strips of stout adhesive plaster, each about three inches wide andlong enough to go once and a half around the body; one end of the firststrap is stitched closely about the arm just below the axilla, and theother carried around the chest from behind forward, as shown in The second strap is then carried from the top of the shoulder onthe uninjured side across the back, under the elbow, and along the fore-arm to the shoulder again (Fig. 85). The elbow should be drawn backwhile the first strap is applied, and well forward while the second object of the first strap is to fix the upper middle portion of thearm, so that when the elbow is brought forward by the second one theshoulder shall be forced backward and upward. It is a convenience tothe patient to have the plaster carried past the ulnar side of the handso as to leave the latter uncovered. The action of the dressing i
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