. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . anner. The dressings areusually dispensed with at the endof three or four weeks, as repairof the fracture is generally welladvanced at this time. A satisfactory temporary dress-ing consists in surrounding thechest by a broad binder of stoutlinen or muslin; indeed, some sur-geons prefer to employ this dressing during the course oftreatment, but, as a rule, I think it is not as good a dress-ing as the adhesive plaster dressing, as the former con-fines the movements of both sides of the chest. Fractures of the Costal Cartilages.—These fractures
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . anner. The dressings areusually dispensed with at the endof three or four weeks, as repairof the fracture is generally welladvanced at this time. A satisfactory temporary dress-ing consists in surrounding thechest by a broad binder of stoutlinen or muslin; indeed, some sur-geons prefer to employ this dressing during the course oftreatment, but, as a rule, I think it is not as good a dress-ing as the adhesive plaster dressing, as the former con-fines the movements of both sides of the chest. Fractures of the Costal Cartilages.—These fracturesoften take place at the junction of the cartilages with theribs or in the body of the cartilages, and the union of thefracture usually takes place by the production of a massof bone at the seat of fracture. Treatment.—It consists in the application of strips ofadhesive plaster applied in the same manner as for fract-ure of the ribs, and the dressings should be retained forabout the same time. Fractures of the Sternum.—Fractures of the sternum. Adhesive plaster dressingfor fracture of the ribs.(Hamilton.) FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS. 361
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