. The diseases of children : medical and surgical. actures may be the result of falls or ofblows upon the mothers abdomen, or of muscular contraction, and are some-times associated with intra-uterine rickets. Almost any number of fracturesmay thus occur ; 200 were found in one instance and 113 in anothei-. Suchfractures may be found united at birth ; they are not very rarely producedduring labour by instruments or traction upon a limb. Fractures of the clavicle in quite young children are best treated by aflannel bandage to fix the arm to the side with the hand on the oppositeshoulder, and a s
. The diseases of children : medical and surgical. actures may be the result of falls or ofblows upon the mothers abdomen, or of muscular contraction, and are some-times associated with intra-uterine rickets. Almost any number of fracturesmay thus occur ; 200 were found in one instance and 113 in anothei-. Suchfractures may be found united at birth ; they are not very rarely producedduring labour by instruments or traction upon a limb. Fractures of the clavicle in quite young children are best treated by aflannel bandage to fix the arm to the side with the hand on the oppositeshoulder, and a soft pad of absorbent wool in the axilla. The childs armis, of course, kept inside its clothes, and not put through a sleeve ; as suggests, a jersey may be usefully worn over the bandage to keep thelimb quiet. In this, as in all fractures, it is an excellent plan to keep theskin well powdered with boric acid or sanitary rose powder, so as to preventirritation of the skin. Stimson says sometimes as late as the twenty-fifth year. PLATE Fracture above epiphysial line of lower end of of Carrying angle. Boy set. 6 years. Injuryfour months ago. PLATE XIV.
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