A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Burges apparatus applied; this is a very servieable appliance as it comjarises both a bedand a splint, and enables the patient to lie or sit without pressure in the groin. instead of using only one sheet, which will require that a hole shall bemade in it corresponding to the hole in the sacking, to employ two sheets,and, doubling them separately, to bring the folded margin of each fromabove and from below to the centre of the opening. When the patienthas occasion to use the bed-pan, it is only necessary that two or fourpersons should lift th
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Burges apparatus applied; this is a very servieable appliance as it comjarises both a bedand a splint, and enables the patient to lie or sit without pressure in the groin. instead of using only one sheet, which will require that a hole shall bemade in it corresponding to the hole in the sacking, to employ two sheets,and, doubling them separately, to bring the folded margin of each fromabove and from below to the centre of the opening. When the patienthas occasion to use the bed-pan, it is only necessary that two or fourpersons should lift this frame, and place under each corner a block about 1 See Figs. 186 and 189 ot 5th edition of this treatise. FRACTURES OF THE SHAFT OF THE FEMUR. 409 one foot in height, or it may be raised by a pulley and ropes suspended from the ceiling. Fig. Fig. 252. Crosbys invalid bed, open. The bed is movable, and can be run out from under the patient and changed. It is thenrun back, the hooks B being made fast to the catches A. By turning a crank at C, the railD is revolved, which winds up a strap passing over the pulley G, and the bed is raised toits position, thus taking off the weight of the patient from the bands by which he was tem-porarily suspended. My usual practice now, in a private house, is to remove the foot-board andlengthen the bed by boards laid longitudinally, and projecting one or two feetbeyond the bottom rail. This furnishes a firm support for the mattress. Some-times, of course, it will be fouud necessary to lengthen the bed. No hole is madein the flooring of the bed or of the mattress, to provide for feecal evacuations, A very comfortable bed, especially for children, can sometimes be madefrom a cot. But it will be necessary always to nail a piece of boardfirmly across the top and bottom of the bedstead when thes
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