The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . HEATHS adaptable splint, for excision of the elbow. support (fig. 159), upon which an india-rubber ring is fixed: thiscontrivance produces the movement of flexion. Fig. 159,. SOCINS support for loose (flail-like) joint, after excision of the elbow. 75 e. For injuries of the upper arm, and especially simple fractures: a. Four icooden splints, padded, and applied by means of hand-kerchiefs (fig. 160), for fracture of the middle of the upper arm. The whole arm must be carefully bandaged,from the tips of the fingers upward
The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . HEATHS adaptable splint, for excision of the elbow. support (fig. 159), upon which an india-rubber ring is fixed: thiscontrivance produces the movement of flexion. Fig. 159,. SOCINS support for loose (flail-like) joint, after excision of the elbow. 75 e. For injuries of the upper arm, and especially simple fractures: a. Four icooden splints, padded, and applied by means of hand-kerchiefs (fig. 160), for fracture of the middle of the upper arm. The whole arm must be carefully bandaged,from the tips of the fingers upwards,and supported by a sling. The turnsof the bandage must not ascend toohigh upon the inner side, as theyreadily produce strangulation in theaxilla. [3. For fractures below the middle,a paste board trough (s. fig. 121),padded with cotton wool, is sufficient,of which the upper part reaches tothe shoulder. A short paste boardsplint is also laid upon the inner side,and the whole is bandaged with amoistened gauze roller. y. The starch bandage for fractureof the upper arm is applied as follows:after the whole arm, in the position ofabduction, has been very carefully ban-daged with moistened flannel rollers,four paste-board splints are applied,which
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