. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Adhesive plaster dressingfor fracture of the ribs.(Hamilton.) FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS. 361. are rare injuries, but diastasis of the bones of the sternumis a more common accident. Treatment.—The treatment for both fracture and dias-tasis is the same, and consists in the application of a com-press over the seat of fracture held in place by a broadbandage, or, better, by strips of adhesive plaster (), applied so as to cover and fix the anterior portionof the chest, covering theentire length of the ster- Fig. 257. num. This dressing shoul
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Adhesive plaster dressingfor fracture of the ribs.(Hamilton.) FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS. 361. are rare injuries, but diastasis of the bones of the sternumis a more common accident. Treatment.—The treatment for both fracture and dias-tasis is the same, and consists in the application of a com-press over the seat of fracture held in place by a broadbandage, or, better, by strips of adhesive plaster (), applied so as to cover and fix the anterior portionof the chest, covering theentire length of the ster- Fig. 257. num. This dressing shouldbe retained for at least fourweeks, being renewed if itbecomes loose at the endof a week or ten days. Fractures of the Pelvis.—These fractures may in-volve the ilium, ischium,pubis, or sacrum. Verticalfractures, either single ordouble, and separations ofthe pelvic bones from theirjunctions may also occur, and are often serious injuriesfrom implication of the pelvic viscera. Treatment.—The reduction of the displacement shouldbe first accomplished as far as possible by external manip-ulation, together with internal manipulation by th
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