. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, Reduction with the knee in the bend of the elbow. (Hamilton.) The dressing, after the reduction of dislocations at theelbow, consists in the application of a well-padded ante-rior right-angled or slightly obtuse-angled splint, to keepthe forearm in a flexed position—the dressing being prac-tically the same as that for fractures of the lower e
. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, Reduction with the knee in the bend of the elbow. (Hamilton.) The dressing, after the reduction of dislocations at theelbow, consists in the application of a well-padded ante-rior right-angled or slightly obtuse-angled splint, to keepthe forearm in a flexed position—the dressing being prac-tically the same as that for fractures of the lower end ofthe humerus, with an anterior angular splint (Fig. 316).This dressing should be retained for two or three weeks,being removed at intervals of several days ; after the re- DISLOCATIONS OF THE HEAD OF THE RADIUS. 425 mo Veil of the splint passive motion should be practised, toprevent stiffness of the elbow-joint. Fig. Dressing after reduction of dislocation of the elbow. Dislocations of the Head of the Radius.—The head of the radius may be displaced forward, outward, or back- Fig. 317.
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