A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Nelatons splint for fracture of the radius. palmar and dorsal splints constructed with a knee, or pistol-shaped, and theythus avoid the necessity of the ulnar splint. Thus, Nelaton,4 Robert Smith,5and Erichsen,6 recommend this peculiar form only in the dorsal splint; while Fig. 152. /~\. Hays splint. Bond,7 Hays,8 E. P. Smith,9 G. F. Shrady,10 and others, especially among theAmericans, place the pistol-shaped splint against the palmar surface of the few modern surgeons have not seen fit to adopt this peculiar principle of 1 Malgaigne,
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Nelatons splint for fracture of the radius. palmar and dorsal splints constructed with a knee, or pistol-shaped, and theythus avoid the necessity of the ulnar splint. Thus, Nelaton,4 Robert Smith,5and Erichsen,6 recommend this peculiar form only in the dorsal splint; while Fig. 152. /~\. Hays splint. Bond,7 Hays,8 E. P. Smith,9 G. F. Shrady,10 and others, especially among theAmericans, place the pistol-shaped splint against the palmar surface of the few modern surgeons have not seen fit to adopt this peculiar principle of 1 Malgaigne, op. cit., torn. i. p. 614. 2 Nelaton, Elem. de Path. Chir., torn. i. p. 747. 3 Ibid., p. 746. 5 R. Smith, op. cit., p. 168. 7 Bond. Amer. Journ. Med. Sci., April, 1852. 9 E. P. Smith, Buffalo Med. Journ., vol. ix. p. 225. 10 Shrady, Amer. Med. Times, 2 cases, Dec. 22, 1860. * Nelaton, op. cit., p. Erichsen, Surgery, p. Ibid., Jan. 1853. 288 FRACTURES OF THE RADIUS. treatment, or this form of dressing under any of its modifications. Colles1 recom-mends a straight palmar and dorsal splint, and does not incline the hand. Barton2advises the same, and Skey, having declared his preference for a couple of broad,straight splints, adds: Great care should be taken to prevent the hand falling,and this object will be attained by in
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