A system of surgery / Benjamin Bell . Fig. Bones of tie Yore-Ann. 87 of the radius, when both may be fecu-red either with a flannel roller or atwelve-tailed bandage, of fuch a degreeof tightnefs as to prevent the bones fromflipping out of their place, but withoutimpeding the circulation or giving thepatient any uneafmefs. The laft men-tioned bandage anfwers the purpofe ex-tremely well; but the roller may beufed in all limple fractures of thefe boneswithout any impropriety. In applying the fplints, the palm ofthe hand mould be turned towards thebreaft, as being not only the moil con-
A system of surgery / Benjamin Bell . Fig. Bones of tie Yore-Ann. 87 of the radius, when both may be fecu-red either with a flannel roller or atwelve-tailed bandage, of fuch a degreeof tightnefs as to prevent the bones fromflipping out of their place, but withoutimpeding the circulation or giving thepatient any uneafmefs. The laft men-tioned bandage anfwers the purpofe ex-tremely well; but the roller may beufed in all limple fractures of thefe boneswithout any impropriety. In applying the fplints, the palm ofthe hand mould be turned towards thebreaft, as being not only the moil con-venient pofture in which the arm canhang while in a fling, but as being thebelt in which it can at all times be pla-ced, even when the patient is in bed:for the palm of the hand can neither beturned upwards nor downwards; that is^it can neither be put into a prone nor afupine poiture, without giving that rota-tory motion to the radius which we havementioned, and which tends more than,any other to difplace any part of this bone 88 OfFraBures o
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