Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations . FRACTURES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY. 313 application of the plaster-of-Paris dressing, when the legis supported only by extension applied to the foot andcounterextension if insufficient force is used. It is, there-fore, a good plan to raise the bone at the seat of fractureby means of a loop or with the hand, while the dressing isbeing applied. If a sharp fragment of bone should press against theskin, a Malgaigne hook may be used to keep it in is a special instrument which is fastened widiin thedressing, and, by mean
Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations . FRACTURES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY. 313 application of the plaster-of-Paris dressing, when the legis supported only by extension applied to the foot andcounterextension if insufficient force is used. It is, there-fore, a good plan to raise the bone at the seat of fractureby means of a loop or with the hand, while the dressing isbeing applied. If a sharp fragment of bone should press against theskin, a Malgaigne hook may be used to keep it in is a special instrument which is fastened widiin thedressing, and, by means of a steel point which is extruded,exerts direct pressure on the offending fragment. Effec-tual reduction, appropriate position, and, in many cases,the employment of permanent extension with weights will,however, do all that is necessary and enable the surgeonto dispense widi this instrument, which at one time en-joyed considerable repute. A permanent extension dressing is equally applicable infractures of the leg and yields very good results (Barden-heuer). In
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