The home medical adviser, a popular work on the treatment of disease . Fig. 9.—Sling fob CollarBone Fracture. Fig. 10.—Sling for Col-lar Bone Fracture. ing gently on either side of the break it may be possible to feelmovement of the broken fragments. There is inability to use thearm (on the side of the break) and there is pain at the site of thebreak, especially on lifting the arm up and away from the will be noticed that the shoulder, on the side of the injury, seems 1 Paregoric is a powerful drug (opium) and is only sold on a doctors pre-scription. 62 FKACTUKES OK BROKEN BONES narrow
The home medical adviser, a popular work on the treatment of disease . Fig. 9.—Sling fob CollarBone Fracture. Fig. 10.—Sling for Col-lar Bone Fracture. ing gently on either side of the break it may be possible to feelmovement of the broken fragments. There is inability to use thearm (on the side of the break) and there is pain at the site of thebreak, especially on lifting the arm up and away from the will be noticed that the shoulder, on the side of the injury, seems 1 Paregoric is a powerful drug (opium) and is only sold on a doctors pre-scription. 62 FKACTUKES OK BROKEN BONES narrower and also lower than its fellow. The head is often benttoward the injured side, and the arm of the same side is graspedbelow the elbow by the other hand of the patient and supported,as in a sling. In examining an apparently broken bone the utmost gentlenessmust be used or serious damage may result. Treatment.—The best treatment consists of rest in bed on a hardmattress; the patient lying flat on the back with a small pillow between the shoulders andthe forea
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