A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . recently under the care of Dr. Gilbert, a mostexcellent cure was effected by means of adhesiveplaster, aided by the apparatus represented infig. 449; the dressings being removed on theforty-fifth day. A long splint was stretched alongthe outside of each limb, from a few inches belowthe sole of the foot to within a short distance ofthe axilla; the extending strips, tied under thesole of the foot, and secured to a horizontal block,were controlled by a tourniquet; while the counter-extending strips were carried along the
A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . recently under the care of Dr. Gilbert, a mostexcellent cure was effected by means of adhesiveplaster, aided by the apparatus represented infig. 449; the dressings being removed on theforty-fifth day. A long splint was stretched alongthe outside of each limb, from a few inches belowthe sole of the foot to within a short distance ofthe axilla; the extending strips, tied under thesole of the foot, and secured to a horizontal block,were controlled by a tourniquet; while the counter-extending strips were carried along the pelvis,both in front and behind, and firmly fastened bytransverse bands passed round the hip-bones, theback, and abdomen. A valuable addition to the long splint, afford-ing increased means for making . countei-exten-sion, was suggested, in 1860, by Dr. H. Lenox Hodge. It consists, as will beseen by reference to figs. 450 and 451, of a bar of wrought iron, secured tothe outer and upper part of the splint by bolts with movable nuts, and bentto the right or left, in accord-. Dr. Gilberts fracture apparatus. auce with the side to which itis applied. The splint shouldbe suSiciently wide above topermit the rod, which termi-nates in a horizontal hook,about six inches in length, topass clear of the patients armand shoulder. A long strip ofadhesive plaster, at least twoinches and a half in breadth, isextended along the front of thebody from the pelvis to the topof the shoulder, and thencedown the back to the but-tock, leaving, as it crosses the Fig, 450.
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