. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Kirkbrides elbow splint. Days splint. Kirkbrides splint, which has been used in the Pennsylvania Hospi-tal in several instances, is composed of two pieces of board, connectedtogether by a circular joint, and having eyes on the inner edge, twoinches apart, and holes through the splint at graduated distances be- 1 Elements of Surgery, by John Syng Dorsey, Philadelphia edition, vol. i. p. 145.* American Journal of the Medical Sciences, vol. xvi. p. 315. 250 FEACTURES OF THE HUMERUS. tween them. There is also a swivel eye, passing through the
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Kirkbrides elbow splint. Days splint. Kirkbrides splint, which has been used in the Pennsylvania Hospi-tal in several instances, is composed of two pieces of board, connectedtogether by a circular joint, and having eyes on the inner edge, twoinches apart, and holes through the splint at graduated distances be- 1 Elements of Surgery, by John Syng Dorsey, Philadelphia edition, vol. i. p. 145.* American Journal of the Medical Sciences, vol. xvi. p. 315. 250 FEACTURES OF THE HUMERUS. tween them. There is also a swivel eye, passing through the upperpart of the splint, and riveted below. A wire is fastened to theswivel, and bent at right angles at its other extremity, of a size to fit Fig. 67. Fig. Welchs splint. The hinges may be transferred to splintsof different sizes. the eyes and holes in the splint. This splint, properly supported bypads, is to be placed either upon the outside or inside of the arm, andsecured by rollers. When the angle is to be changed, the wire is un-hooked and removed to another eye, or to some of the intermediateholes upon the side of the splint. Dr. Kirkbride reports two cases offracture of the lower part of the humerus treated by this plan, one ofwhich resulted in anchylosis, but the other was much more Bond, of Philadelphia, has also lately contrived a very ingenious Fig. 69.
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